Student Trial Court revokes right to organize coalitions before Student Senate election

Before voting began in April for the 2021 Student Senate election, the newly formed Student Trial Court made an advisory opinion in March, stripping this year’s candidates of their right to organize into coalitions on the ballot.

Candidates organizing into coalitions and parties to campaign for a common platform has been an integral piece of the Student Senate since its creation in 1969 when the Independent Student Party won the first election at the University of Kansas

Read the full story at the University Daily Kansan.