Learn more about Joseph Grossman’s year of presidential experience, stances on issues and new proposals.
From the beginning of election season, Green said she wanted to run a grassroots campaign focusing on the issues students bring to her.
But as of Monday night, candidate Erika Green earned the distinction of being the third presidential candidate in as many years to be disqualified while running for Downtown student government.
She said she will appeal the election committee’s decision Tuesday.
The appeal process will allow her to remain on the ballot through voting Tuesday and Wednesday.
She failed to include a whiteboard and easel in the expenditure report she filed with the election committee. The items were being used one afternoon to find out what students wanted changed on campus, which is a major point in her campaign.
The whiteboard was a way for her to connect with students who didn’t want to speak with her one-on-one, Green said.
“I want to use the outgoing personality that I have to help people,” Green said.
Relative experience has been a major issue brought up during the election, with Grossman touting his presidential experiences and victories from the past year.
Green’s experience at the Capitol is limited to interning with the Arizona Students’ Association.
Also, with two freshmen and a sophomore on Green’s ticket and three juniors on Grossman’s, the ticket’s overall experience varies widely.
But Green said she is not worried, and that her ticket’s youth is a benefit, bringing a fresh perspective to USGD.
“She conveys her passion for change so that we can make Downtown campus a better campus for the students,” vice president of policy candidate Sally Lopez Bravo said.
Green’s ticket came together just a week before she submitted her application to run for president.
Green and Arizona Students’ Association intern Lopez Bravo have been planning on running since fall semester.
On the other hand, Green met her running mate for vice president of services, journalism freshman Travis Moore, only days before submitting her application.
But she said they have been working together well during the campaign.
“She really has great leadership, she is really good at meeting people and delegating things to be done,” Lopez Bravo said. “She has such a great personality to connect with students.”
Green said her campaign relies heavily on learning what students want to have or change Downtown. She only has a few initiatives, such as more parking for commuter students and more inter-campus shuttles.
During the Downtown Devil Presidential Debate, nearly every time Green would talk about an issue students told her about on Taylor Mall, USGD President Joseph Grossman would respond by saying his administration was already doing that or had tried and it wouldn’t work.
“We need to try a new way,” Green said after the debate. “We want to try harder.”
Contact the reporter at connor.radnovich@asu.edu
Domenico Nicosia contributed to this report.
