Staff editorial: BoE's actions discouraging
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 staff editorial covers the Board of Elections’ handling of recent Student Council and class elections.
- The News-Letter reported that voting scheduled to end April 19 was extended to April 20 after a student’s murder, but the announcement was sent at 6 p.m. on April 20.
- The paper reported that the Board approved junior Payal Patel’s appeal, making her the Class of 2005 president, while its website still listed her as “disqualified.”
- The article adds that a tie in the Student Council presidential election led to a weekend runoff, but students had not received a campus-wide notice.
- The reporter writes that candidate Soren Gandrud felt “really disheartened,” while Patel said, “I don't believe anything the Board of Elections does anymore.”
- The editorial urged the Board to publicize the runoff and promptly announce its winner.