Staff editorial: Elections poorly planned
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 reports on the rushed 2003 student government elections and the new class-senator structure.
- The News-Letter reported that the Board of Elections released the candidate list at 12:30 a.m. and that 13 positions were open, with seven contested.
- The paper reported that a referendum replaced three class representatives per class with four class senators, while only three senior representatives could remain on Student Council.
- The article adds that nominations were announced at noon with a 10 p.m. deadline, and candidates had to collect 50 signatures for confirmation.
- The reporter writes that the Class of 2005 had three candidates, including two competing for one COLA position, one uncontested legislation position and one empty position.
- The editorial concludes that the short deadlines and the election's timing during reading period resulted in what it calls poor planning and misjudgment by the Board of Elections.