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This is an archival copy of the 2006–2017 Assemblies website. This information is no longer updated.

Results of the Spring 2017 Student Assembly Election

Overall Turnout

Of the 14,189 eligible voters, 4,130 or 29.1% voted in this election.

Referendum 35 — Should American Sign Language satisfy the foreign language requirement at Cornell?

  • Yes: 3164
  • No: 674 (16.3)

President of the Student Assembly

The following election was conducted via a ranked Hare System.

  • Method: IRV
  • Number of total ballots: 4130
  • Number of invalid or empty ballots: 449
  • Number of ballots used in the count: 3681
  • 2 candidate running for 1 seats.
  • Round 1 Tabulation
    • Jung Won Kim: 1898
    • Matthew Indimine: 1783
  • Winner is Jung Won Kim.
  • Matthew Indimine fills Undesignated at-Large seat.′ ’

Executive Vice-President of the Student Assembly

The following election was conducted via a ranked Hare System.

  • Method: IRV
  • Number of total ballots: 4130
  • Number of invalid or empty ballots: 790
  • Number of ballots used in the count: 3340
  • 2 candidate running for 1 seats.
  • Round 1 Tabulation
    • Varun Devatha: 1945
    • Mayra Valadez: 1395
  • Winner is Varun Devatha.
  • Mayra Valadez fills Undesignated at-Large seat.′ ’

Undesignated At-Large Student Assembly Representative

The following election was conducted via a ranked Hare System.

  • Method: IRV
  • Number of total ballots: 4130
  • Number of invalid or empty ballots: 1239
  • Number of ballots used in the count: 2891
  • 6 candidate running for 4 seats.
  • Round 1 Tabulation
    • Ashwin Viswanathan: 235
    • Gabe Kaufman: 742
    • Matthew Indimine: 630
    • Mayra Valadez: 521
    • T.J. Ball: 521
    • Weihong Rong: 242
  • Round 2 Tabulation
    • Gabe Kaufman: 783
    • Matthew Indimine: 670
    • Mayra Valadez: 553
    • T.J. Ball: 556
    • Weihong Rong: 267
    • Exhausted: 62
  • Winners are: Gabe Kaufman, Matthew Indimine, Mayra Valadez, and TJ Ball.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Representative

NameVotes
Jesse Pollard408
Renee Morris290
Sushruta Iruvanti286

College of Arts and Sciences Representative

NameVotes
Dara Tokunboh595
Evan Shapiro485
Olivia Corn458
Daniel Engelson444

College of Human Ecology Representative

NameVotes
Omar Din222
Antonio DelVeccio116

Undergraduate Representative for the University Assembly

NameVotes
Neeraj (Naj) Jaisinghani1545
Joe Anderson1184
YunYunWang1083
Vincenzo Guido901

Uncontested Elections

  • Dale Barbaria - College of Engineering Student Assembly Representative
  • Rebecca Herz - College of Engineering Student Assembly Representative
  • Lee Lipschutz - School of Hotel Administration Student Assembly Representative
  • Samatha Romero Zavala - School of Industrial and Labor Relations Student Assembly Representative
  • Christopher Schott - International Students Liaison At-Large Student Assembly Representative
  • Haris Hassan - Minority Students Liaison At-Large Student Assembly Representative
  • Tristan Magloire - Minority Students Liaison At-Large Student Assembly Representative

Contact Elections

109 Day Hall

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

ph. (607) 255—3715

assembly@cornell.edu