Appeals panel invalidates SGA vote, calls for re-election
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 covers an appeals panel’s ruling on Student Council executive elections and the planned re-election.
- The News-Letter reported that an appeals panel disqualified all nine first-round candidates and that the Council announced a re-election beginning Friday.
- The paper reported that the hearings were closed, specific reasons were not released, and alleged violations included late finance reports and soliciting votes during voting; an anonymous Council member said few people knew the details.
- The article says Tyler Krus would have explained the disqualifications to candidates who contacted him, while Dan Teran said he did not know why he was disqualified.
- The reporter writes that Bierbryer said unclear election rules reflected poorly on the process, and that Krus said the election rules would be reviewed during the summer.
- According to the article, an anonymous source and other sources said Sonny Chandrasekhar was disqualified for asking fraternity members to vote for him during the voting period; Teran said he told people the race was close but did not tell them whom to support.
- The News-Letter reported that Ralph Johnson replaced an unavailable panel member, while Bierbryer proposed Joseph Colon as the third member; an e-mail vote produced 18 votes in favor and one against Colon.