Rules violated but no new election, court decides By Tammy Batey Oregon Daily t mv/okl The ASUO Constitution Cloud won't order a new elm lion despite its ruling Friday that the ASUO Elections Hoard violated elections rules hy not informing students of the absentee voting process. The elections board violated elections rules by not giv ing Oregon Institute of Marine Biology students enough time to vote anti by not announcing in the Oregon Daily Emerald the absentee voting process, the coud ruled In other business, the court overturned an election board decision and ruled Oscar Garcia should be given the Student Senate seat he won with f>4 votes The elec tions board had originally said write-in candidate Garcia was not eligible for the seat because he had not official ly filed as a candidate. The court also ruled Student Senator Mir hael Omogrosso’s complaint was w ithout merit Omogrosso alleged the Emerald ran a write-in campaign for Editor ial Editor Martin Fisher. On April 19. Fisher wrote in the Emerald's "Write Angles" column "I am hereby announcing my write-in candidacy for an ASUO posi tion. Any position Every position." The coud heard the allegations at a hearing May 5. Leslie Warren and Mark Johnson. who lost the race for 1993-94 president and vice president, filed a complaint against the elections board for three infractions of elm tion rules They asked that the court "render the prima ry election null and void." Warren and Johnson said students were not informed of the absentee ballot option and therefore were "undu ly alienated" from the voting process The coud denied Warren and Johnson's request for a new election, said Chief Justice Paul Loving in a coud statement. Loving said the court wasn't sure tfie election board's i ompliancu with the rules would have changed the results of the presidential rm e. "We are unable to subject the orderly operation of gov eminent and the student body to w hat would i>e a tumul tuous period based purely on a hunt h," Loving said "In this instance, the needs of the many outweigh those of the few. or of the one." The Constitution Court found no violations of elec tions rules with two other complaints bv Warren and Johnson. The pair's second complaint was that the elm tiouh board didn't act impartially when it allowed Safer ide to operate a voting booth after the organization endorsed Eric Bowen and Diana Collins Puente "We believe the mere appearance of impropriety is insufficient to establish « violation." Loving said Warren and Johnson also alleged the ole* lions board allowed non students to vote When students renew their identification curds. they are given a t urrent fee term sticker even if they haven't paid the fee Warren and Johnson said. The court can't impose a duty on the elections board to carry out the responsibilities of another part of the Universitv. l.oving said It is the responsibility of people who issue current term stickers to verify .1 student s st.i tus Warren said she and Johnson weren't surprised bv the court's ruling "We went for our supporters." she said "We went to show that we appreciated them supporting us Omogrosso. who lost his hid for re-election, said fish er had <111 unfair advantage in the elei linn bei auso he had free access to the Emerald to forward his 1 ainpatgn Justice Will Portello said the fat t that Fisher is .1 gr.ul uatiug senior and claims he had no intention of running for offii e seems to indii ate Fisher was not a candidate Fisher's column was satire and so no misuse of stu dent funds in < urred The Constitution Court determined that Omogrosso'* i as*? w as without merit “The opinions of Mr Fisher that a* 1 ompanied the sug gestions were mildly humorous and strongly indicated that Mr Fisher was not ai tuallv running a serious i am paign." Portello said However, the < otirt reminded the Emerald in its ruling that the newspaper does receive student binds and is subjtx 1 to the jurisdi* tion of the court At the court hear mg. Emerald Editor-in-chief Pat Mala* h respectfully dei lined" to respond to the case "Should the Emerald < house not to respond (in the future), then it w ill risk a default and w ill t>e sum tinned accordinglyPortello said Fisher said the Constitution Court had no authority to even hear Omogrosso s i ase hecause his 1 ase dealt with a First Amendment issue "The Constitution Court mav only rule on matters relating to the AM JO Constitution." Fisher said "Thu First Amendment is lievond its jurisdi( lion Malach said the i ourt only Inis jurisdiction over whether the newspaper spends its student Its1 allocution lor printing < osts. .is stipulated in its II-‘(! Imdget line item. The student money the Fmera/d rvouves pays for Ires* We are unable to subject the orderly operation of government and the student body to what would be a tumultuous period based purely on a hunch. In this instance, the needs of the many outweigh those of the few or of the one.' Paul Loving, chief justice ilisiriImlion oil cam pus." Malach said "As long as there is a paper in lli«‘ boxes i'vm iiiornm#. then* is no i omplaint. Thu Constitution Court or any other ASUC) body has no aulhori tv of any kind over what is in that paper" Oniojjrosso said lie still believed It was ail issue of journal ism ethics "l do apprei into the i nurt snyin# dies feel the Kmrruld should fie under I he court." he said Part ol mv nil den v or was to instill ill the 17/ii'f ilhl a stroll# sense of responsibility (farina was ills (|u,illfu’il -is a vs rile in i andidalt) bt*< uusn hi' didn i li!«• (nr ollni.il uandid.it \ slalus with ihn AM () Chi' (umslilnlion ( mirl found the idi-t.lions hoard s disijiinlifii alton of (>ur< ia u as not in lilt' hi-st intm-sts of thn studi'iil liodv. said (iisiii i' Mh haid () l.oarv I .an i i was unavail.ildi' lor i nminnnl Hut (frog Ihi! son. a law studunt who wroln m (fan ia. said lu> was (ili'.istd w idi (hr ( onstitiilion ( mirt s ruling 'I'm happy that lliv votu wain'I takin away, Dotson said Council passes budget after debate By Meg Dedolph OrtHjftn Daily f mQf&tot Most of tin* area residents who spoke at the Monday night Eugene City Budget Committee hearing supported the public access cable program and criti cized the proposed budget ruts, which would eliminate public and educational cable access. The programs broadi ast on public access cable include political programs featuring the Libertarian, progressive and conservative points of view as well as programs on local citi zens and artists "Cable is a growth industry,'' said Mall Hall of Eugene.'"it's like a flower opening Cutting funds is i losing the petals back on itself." Debbie McMnnman of Spring field said that while the city wants to i ut funding for public access cable, it also wants to increase the amount of city gov ernment coverage "Which of you city coum dors is willing to take studio equip ment away from an 11-year-old child producing his own pro gram' Do you want u channel devoted to government that's originally for the public." Mi Manman said. The suggestions offered by cit izens for retaining public access television included trimming upper administrators from the program, ns suggested by Shel don High School student Kric Blankenbeckly. Others suggested that if the program hod to In* cut. an addi tional your ho allowed so other sources of funding could be found "The money that's been used prosecuting me — nyarly $50,01)0 — could have funded cable ai i ess." said Frog, a local merchant "I think i able access is a very good thing." Other i oncerns with the pro posed city budget im hided requests that money he set aside for a homeless car camp lor fall and winter, like the Centennial car camp scheduled to close over Memorial Day weekend "Wo need to make room ill the budget for the camp in the fall and winter." said Wayne Ford, of the Fugenu-Springfield Home less Action Coalition. ET ALS MM riNUS KrlurmiiK Mudrnl Aimm itliun wilt tmlnv ni i p m in I MD Kiwm 27 to# more ili(iMin*ium < >tii I4f» 4 HI’S Kl Siller I immih t*r»»te« I will meet inday nt *> IS pm »u tiMU (omfurv Room ( lor more mformniion mil 1414)624 Mu lie til Senile will n»er4 hmight nl *• m t MM (ienlury Room A l or more IdlliniMllMI. 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