ACLU suggests changes to BoE
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 News-Letter article covers a JHU-ACLU proposal to change student election procedures and the responses it received.
- The News-Letter reported that JHU-ACLU leaders presented election reforms to the Board of Elections and administrators, citing problems with ballot access, candidate disqualification, advertising and voting procedures.
- The paper reported that Dean Susan Boswell said the proposal “is very much in the direction of what we want.”
- The article says the proposed reforms included better election publicity, consistent rules for campaign violations and candidate disqualification, and a Board of Elections Oversight Panel.
- The reporter writes that administrator Jeff Groden-Thomas said the Board of Elections made decisions “behind closed doors,” while co-chair Michael Seibert said some proposals were valid but all would be difficult to implement.
- According to the article, Seibert hoped to complete work on Board of Elections procedures by the end of the semester, while JHU-ACLU leaders said reforms were needed to raise low voter turnout.