Elections
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didates from each of the other six
races will face off in the March 1
and 2 general election.
But the executive results will
remain secret to everyone, in
cluding the court and the ASUO
Elections Board, until Monday.
The court will hold a public
hearing today at 6:30 p.m. in
Room 243 of the William H.
Knight Law Center to decide if
Gabbe andvLarson broke ASUO
elections rules when they spon
sored a Feb. 4 International Stu
dent Coffee Hour by spending
about $40 on refreshments. The
pair also had posters and other
items promoting their campaign
at the coffee hour.
Elections Coordinator Ken Best
and other candidates all agreed
Thursday that the court’s new de
cision to hold the results will
help everyone involved.
“It shows great foresight and
ensures a fair, unbiased deci
sion,” Best said.
The board decided they would
not look at the executive results
until Monday’s court decision.
But Larson said he worried the
decision to hold the results might
hurt campaigners preparing for
the general election on March 1
and 2.
“It does hurt people ... who
need to campaign for the general
elections,'’ he said.
Larson said he and Gabbe will
continue to talk to people about
their campaign over the weekend
but they won’t make posters for
the general election until the
court’s decision.
But the court’s decision still
presents some questions. Accord
ing to the court’s decision to hold
the hearing, If Gabbe and Larson
place first or second in the prima
ry and lose their appeal to the
court, then they will be replaced
by the candidate who placed
third in the primary for the gener
al election.
Best said he worried that if the
election did turn out that way, the
people who voted for Gabbe and
Larson would technically not
have a valid vote.
Justice Daniel Vegramini said
he couldn’t comment on what the
court will do if that happens.
On Feb. 10 the ASUO Elections
Board ruled they did break elec
tion rules by offering a “thing of
value” and promoting the out
come of the election and removed
Gabbe and Larson from the ballot.
They appealed the decision to the
court the next day.
The court justices felt they
couldn’t make a fair ruling until
they heard from the elections
board and Student Sen. Jennifer
Greenough, who filed a grievance
against Gabbe and Larson after
they hosted the coffee hour. They
set the public hearing and decided
to put the pair back on the ballot
until guilt could be determined.
“The elections board ruling, if
enforced, would effectively pun
ish him before his appeal can be
heard. This is not a just result nor
is it in the best interests of the
ASUO,” Justice Robert Raschio
said in the court’s opinion.
, Members of the elections board
were outraged by the decision,
which Best, the elections coordina
tor, called “horrible.” They said
they felt that by placing Gabbe and
Larson back on the ballot until the
hearing, the court was invalidating
the board’s original decision.
This year’s election was the
first to be conducted entirely via
computer on Duck Web. Because
of a program error, some graduate
and law students were not able to
vote for their senate seat, which is
why Peter Watts received only 15
votes.
But except for that one mal
function, the computer system
worked well and enabled the
board to return results much
faster than previous years. At the
final tally, 1,942 students voted,
which is 341 more votes than last
year. As usual, many write-in
candidates received a vote or two
including Ed “All These People
Are Idiots” Madrid, Portland
Trailblazers forward Rasheed
Wallace and some joke answers
including Mr. T and “Not Scott
Austin.”
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ASUO primary
election results
ASCAP
Daniel Paul Adldsson 377*
Amanda Langston 365*
Erin T. Rowland 258
EMU BOARD AT-LARGE (1 YEAR)
NicklausJ. Affolter 745**
EMU BOARD AT-LARGE (2 YEARS)
Eric Banister 401**
Jessica L Richelderfer 377
Christa Shively 471**
ASUO PROGRAMS FINANCE
COMMITTEE
Willie Thompson 882**
STUDENT RECREATION AND FITNESS
ADVISORY BOARD
Krista Trask 884**
Anthony Tran (Write-in) 10**
Rufina Miranda (Write-In) 10**
BUILDING FEE COMMITTEE
Arlie Adkins 911**
PFC SENATE SEAT NO. 1 (1 YEARS)
Jackie Lynn Ray 885**
PFC SENATE SEAT NO. 2 (2 YEARS)
Mary Elizabeth Madden 582**
PFC SENATE SEAT NO. 3 (1 YEAR)
Marie Brink 515**
Aaron C. Week 417
EMU SENATE SEAT NO. 4(1 YEAR)
Ian dayman 221
Erin Foote Pursell 179
A.J. Swoboda 247*
Skye Tenney 298*
EMU SENATE SEAT NO. 5 (2 YEARS)
Kristin V. Dean 403*
Ted Ehlert 235*
Randy Newnham 216
ADFC SENATE SEAT NO. 7(1 YEAR)
Kate Kranzush 423*
Jeff Oliver 379*
ADFC SENATE SEAT NO. 8 (2 YEARS)
Jennifer Greenough 773**
ADFC SENATE SEAT NO. 9 (1 YEAR)
William Beutler 404
Gregory J. Zimel 491**
UNDECLARED SENATE SEAT NO. 10
(2 YEARS)
Jessica Burmaster 310**
UNDECLARED SENATESEATNO. 11
(1 YEAR)
Eric J. Bailey 204**
Ray Suit 94
AAA/INTERDISCIPUNARY SENATE
SEATNO. 12 (2 YEARS)
(No write-in candidate received the
necessary 10 votes to win.)
JOURNALISM SENATE SEAT NO. 13
(1 YEAR)
Serene Joy Khader 133**
SOCIAL SCIENCE SENATE SEAT NO. 14
(2 YEARS)
Jesse Harding 60
Katie Howard 104**
SOCIAL SCIENCE SENATE SEAT NO. 15
(1 YEAR)
Rebecca Cambreleng 103**
Jeffrey Read 44
SeanMPVanGordon 27
SCIENCE SENATE SEAT NO. 16 (2 YEARS)
Tex Arnold 78**
Etcpi Fanta 63
GRAD/LAW SENATE SEAT NO. 18
(2 YEARS)
Peter 0. Watts 15**
*Tbese candidates will participate in
the general election on March 1 and
2 in a runoff. These results are unoffi
cial.
**These candidates won their posi
tions outright. Candidates who re
ceive more than 50 percent of the
vote automatically win.
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