Electoral debacle
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 phrases “sga”, “student government” and “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the 2008 SGA election disqualifications, voting dispute and calls for electoral reform.
- The News-Letter reported that junior class president Sonny Chandrasekhar and Vice President for Student Life Justine Mink were disqualified, along with four other candidates.
- The paper reported that freshman class president Dan Teran and sophomore senator Evan Lazerowitz were the only candidates left for president and vice president.
- The article adds that more candidates were disqualified than remained in the race and that students would be represented by a president who did not win the popular vote.
- The reporter writes that seniors were allowed to vote despite a rule barring them, and that their counted votes changed the vice-presidential result from David Rokeach to Evan Lazerowitz.
- The News-Letter called for the Committee on Student Elections to pursue electoral reform and make campaigning rules clear to candidates and students.