Election tallies still not released - BoE 'anticipates' making '07 results public
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 dispute over freshman election results and proposed changes to election rules.
- The paper reported that the Board of Elections did not publish exact vote totals, prompting questions from Student Council members.
- The article says six freshman candidates were disqualified over spending reports; five were reinstated after losing, while Elizabeth Fialkowski was removed as a representative.
- The reporter writes that the Board of Elections anticipated releasing the vote counts within a week, but said there was no guarantee.
- The article adds that the Board of Elections was considering returning to ranked-choice voting or using a hybrid system.
- According to the article, candidates could have requested vote totals by email, but Rick Aseltine said they had not been told about that option.
- The News-Letter reported that the proposed constitution would govern the Board of Elections’ duties, while by-laws would control voting methods and winner selection; Student Council members also questioned proposed appointment rules.