Judiciary committee unfairly disqualified SGA candidate
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 “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the reporter’s account of being disqualified from the SGA vice presidential election and appealing that decision.
- The News-Letter reported that only 33 percent of students voted in the previous SGA Executive election, despite the SGA having an annual allocation of $30,000.
- The paper reported that Athletic Director Mike Mattia emailed student-athletes to endorse the reporter, while the reporter argued that this did not violate the constitution’s ban on candidates using student-group listservs or mass emails.
- The article says the SGA Judiciary acknowledged that the email did not technically use a listserv or mass-email service but said it covered the rule’s “spirit.”
- The reporter writes that he won by 130 votes and that the decision disenfranchised the 760 people who voted for him, giving the only other candidate an automatic victory.
- The article adds that, after meeting with several administrators, the reporter said his remaining options were too difficult to pursue.