Staff Editorial: BOE not off to a great start
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 government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter staff editorial covers delays to the StuCo presidential election and the Board of Elections’ handling of the process.
- The article says the election was moved from the start of the school year to the second week of October to increase voter turnout.
- The paper reported that Jeff Groden-Thomas said StuCo and the Student Activities Commission were operating smoothly, with Brian Drolet and Nurain Fuseini taking on presidential duties.
- The editorial adds that freshmen could not vote in the election, questioning whether increasing freshman turnout justified the delay.
- The article says the Board of Elections had three months to plan a runoff and that candidates Soren Gandrud and Hyder Syed had waited months for a resolution.
- The reporter writes that last year’s failed elections and the current delays raised concerns about the prospects for an effective and fair election.