BoE opens field for next campaign
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the reopening of the Student Council presidential election and the responses to that decision.
- The News-Letter reported that the Board of Elections reopened the race to current sophomores, juniors and seniors, and that previous candidates could run again regardless of their earlier outcome.
- The paper reported that Michael Seibert said the decision followed problems involving the people in the election and that two Student Council members had filed complaints.
- The article says Soren Gandrud called the change frustrating and said, “This is not in the best interests of the students,” while Hyder Syed said he was leaning toward not running.
- According to the article, the earlier election was invalidated after the Board of Elections website went down, and candidates now need a petition with 150 signatures.
- The reporter writes that the election was scheduled for Oct. 8 through Oct. 10, after a candidate forum on Oct. 6, with voting conducted online.