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Rich
Wilkins
He has a right to say
anything he wants under
the First Amendment
Election court cans charges
The ASUO elections court convened
Wednesday, dismissing six of the 32 com
plaints concerning the recent ASUO
elections
The court dismissed five complaints
levied against ASUO Pres Rich Wilkins,
including one charge of persuasion of
voter's choice by false information "
Written complaints stated that Wilkins
said he had heard rumors that former
ASUO presidential candidate Debbie
Mellow was dropping out of the race and
that Mellow would endorse current ASUO
president-elect C J Balfe
There are no rules barring Wilkins'
alleged action, court member Jeff Boiler
said The only reason the charges were
filed was because Wilkins is ASUO
president, member Cathi Bulone said
"He has a right to say anything he
wants under the First Ammendment,'' she
said
In other court proceedings, Jim
Edmundson, Emerald Board of Directors
chairer. questioned the right of the elec
tions director, Gus Palmitessa. to place
opinion questions on an ASUO ballot.
Edmundson said Palmitessa did not have
the authority to place a question on the
ballot regarding incidental fee
subscription to the Emerald
Nothing in the ASUO constitution bars
the elections director from putting ques
tions on the general election ballot, said
Michael Oths, Palmitessa’s rep
resentative
In the 1980 elections, a question con
cerning incidental fee funding of the
athletic department appeared on the
ballot to help the ASUO determine policy,
Oths said The question was opinionated
by nature, setting a precedent for other
elections directors, he added
The Emerald ballot question was not an
initiative for action, Edmundson said
Under the rules the election must be held
in an "educational atmosphere,"
meaning some degree of discussion
should have preceded the question’s
ballot placement, he said
The "educational atmosphere’’ in the
rules refers to election noninterference
with classes, not to the conduct of the
elections, Othssaid
In other complaints, Jeff Houston,
former ASUO presidential candidate,
charged that Students for a Progressive
Agenda members used SEARCH office
materials, posted more than one poster
on bulletin boards, and verbally
threatened him
Kevin Kouns, former SPA presidential
candidate, threatened to make his stay at
the University "unhealthy,” Houston said
The alleged threat about Houston's
health is "absolutely false,” Kouns said
"We will admit we were doing some
work incidental to the elections in the
(SEARCH) office," added Ken Packman,
former SPA vice-presidential candidate
The SPA interpreted the rules accord
ing to past election interpretations, he
said The SEARCH materials the SPA
used were nonexpendable items and
were not detrimental to the use of the
office, Packman said
By Rich Burr
Issues flavor president race
The 1982 ASUO presidential election
was different in many respects
Nearly 2,900 students voted, making it
the largest turnout in 12 years It was also
one of the closest elections in recent
years
Two influential coalitions formed, with
some students calling them political
parties
Election violation complaints totaled
32 Last year there were tour
Candidate Kevin Kouns talked of
' national and international Bsues that
many believed didn t belong man ASUO
campaign
Many students — 1,363 of them — liked
what they heard.
His support group. Students for a
Progressive Agenda gained notoriety
And as it grew, so did the groups that
opposed it
And Kouns came 145 votes short
"We were not running against C J
Balfe, or against the Greek system,"
Kouns says of himself and SPA "I think it
was a symbolic victory ' He feels the
presence of SPA accounted for "at least
800 votes that would not have otherwise
been cast
Alan Contreras, ASUO programs vice
president agrees that SPA increased the
turnout
"I think people came out to vote
because of SPA — for and against,''
Contreras says He also cites a well
organized" Greek system for involving
more people
Kouns is consoled by the increase of
student involvement he saw
There were a lot of people who never
participated in the process before and
saw student governement as a joke,"
Kouns says They looked at us and saw
a real alternative "
Some have said that Kouns and SPA's
stance on national issues hurt his
campaign Kouns disagrees
"I had people tell me we should have
backed off on the issues." Kouns says
"But I've had just as many tell me that if
we'd made a tougher stance we could
have won "
Kouns claims "harassment" by elec
tion officials and a stoic status quo con
tributed to his defeat
"We do in fact represent a difference
from the status quo,' Kouns says He and
SPA were perceived as a threat to "the
structure of government, and he saw a
"closing of ranks among those involved
in the governmental process, he says
Press coverage of the campaigns hurt
everyone, Kouns says
The Emerald, he says,"sanitized"
coverage of the campaigns and ignored
controversy in order to remain objective
"There was controversy over the is
sues," Kouns claims. "(The Emerald)
made it appear that there were no
differences between the two candidates,
and I think that's unfortunate "
Emerald Editor Sally Hodgkison doesn't
see it that way
“We covered issues as the candidates
brought them up,' Hodgkison says.
Kouns says that the "isolation and
insular attitude' SPA members saw from
the ASUO executive inspired the group's
creation
SPA probably will not dissipate, Kouns
says Its name will be registered Its
members will continue to be a "loyal
opposition.”
Now that the elections are over, Kouns
takes a philisophical attitude
"I have no personal stake in it," Kouns
says. "I didn't really intend to run for
ASUO president I don't really care now
that I lost "
The issues, Kouns emphasizes, are all
that ever mattered
Analysis by Brent Walth
Kevin
Kouns
'There were a lot of people
who looked at us and
saw a real alternative'
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