BoE on track for upcoming election - Guest Column
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 “student government” and “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter guest column covers Michael Seibert’s arguments about proposed changes to Student Council election rules.
- The News-Letter reported that Seibert wrote the Board of Elections must rely on Student Council to send election notices because it cannot email students directly.
- The paper reported that no candidate was disqualified over online attacks during the previous election, while personal, purposeful false allegations could lead to disqualification.
- The article adds that Seibert opposed a system of “major” and “minor” violations, saying those terms could encourage rule-breaking.
- The reporter writes that Seibert said the university, not the Board of Elections, sets postering policies, while the board enforces them.
- According to the article, Seibert opposed replacing the current appeals panel with a 10-member board selected by Student Council officers and encouraged students to vote in the upcoming presidential and freshman elections.