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Tuesday, April 12 Information Table 10:00 am to 2:00 pm - EMU Application Workshop 11:30 am to 1:00 pm - EMU Century Room D Wednesday, April 13 Information Table 10:00 am to 2:00 pm - EMU Brown Bag Video Info Session Noon to 1:00 pm - Metolius River Room Slide Show and Information Session 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Eugene Public Library - Singer Room 100 West 10th Avenue (downtown Eugene) Thursday, April 14 Information Table 10:00 am to 2:00 pm - Outside of Bookstore www.peacecorps.gov — 800.424.8580, opt. 1 Elections: Measures taken to deter violation Continued from page 1 election ends. The board can’t release election results until all grievances are re solved, according to election rules. ASUO presidential candidate and current ASUO Student Senator Nick Hudson filed one of the grievances Wednesday, alleging representatives of Rees and Anker-Lagos’ campaign violated state laws when they “ha rassed” students to vote in the EMU, using laptops and signs near inci dental-fee funded computers to en courage students to vote. “I believe that it is intimidation harassment to have voters vote on laptops with candidates breathing down one’s shoulder,” he wrote in the grievance. “A voter could be inti mated to vote for that candidate.” Hudson cited an Oregon Revised Statute that prohibits “undue influ ence” of voters, which says no per son “shall directly or indirectly” in duce a person to vote in any particular manner. Hudson said in the grievance he wanted to stop the Rees-Anker-La gos ticket from campaigning in the EMU with computers and “stop campaigning for duration of primar ies (because) of violation of Oregon State Law.” The ruling states the ticket did not violate ASUO election rules, saying there is no rule against using laptops and that the ticket didn’t violate EMU scheduling rules. “The Elections Board would like to encourage all candidates to right fully use this resource, so long as students are being respected throughout the voting procedures,” according to the ruling. “Moreover, any student has the right to pass upon using a voting booth that is run by a campaign.” Cheeseman said ASUO elections are “not necessarily liable to follow state regulations” regard ing elections. But Hudson told the Emerald that while he predicted the grievance would be denied, it is still his “firm belief” that using laptops is intimidating and that the ticket is using “very shady” means of campaigning. “The reason I wanted to do it is because I wanted the University to know that this is very shady and this is what could happen in the future,” he said. Hudson said he isn’t sure where to appeal because election rules dic tate he could appeal to ASUO Presi dent Adam Petkun, but Petkun has actively campaigned for the Rees Anker-Lagos ticket. “Unfortunately, this year the Exec, has decided to be partial,” he said. Petkun said he delegated all au thority to Vice President Mena Ravassipour to handle election mat ters so he could become involved. “1 have absolutely no authority over the elections board right now,” he said. Rees said the rule Hudson cited was not accurate and denied the al legations of voter intimidation. “That one we’re not as concerned about,” she said. Student Senate Seat 8 candidate Kyle McKenzie filed a grievance Thursday alleging the ticket was campaigning in Bean Complex on Wednesday night, violating cam paign rules. “I heard a number of complaints from residents as well as myself,” he wrote. Rees said the person who was campaigning was an “inexperienced person who was not at that time affiliated with our campaign” and who talked to people “without our permission.” She said volunteers have been in formed not to do that and that it “will not happen again.” University housing policies in cluded in the 2005 election rules prohibit candidates from “commer cial solicitation, advertising, promo tions and commercial transactions” in the residence halls. Freshman Michael Waymire also filed a grievance Wednesday, alleg ing that he saw Rees and Anker-La gos campaigning in eating areas of Hamilton. But Waymire told the Emerald on Thursday evening he no longer wanted to pursue the griev ance after he found out it was pub lic record. Cheeseman said that while no rule against campaigning in resi dence hall dining areas exists in writing, candidates were verbally in formed at mandatory candidate meetings that they should not Specializing in the Care of German, Swedish & Japanese Automobiles. Courtesy Van Service Bosch Authorized Service ASE Master Certified Technicians Since 1975 EUR# ASIAN 485-8226 campaign in those areas. “That’s like their kitchen,” she said. “We should be respectful in those areas.” But she said the board will con sider that the rule was not written when making its decision. Rees said Anker-Lagos was not present at the dining area and that the rule was unclear because it was not in writing. “Once we were asked to leave, we immediately did,” she said. “What’s happened, especially in that one, is there has not been a clear communi cation of the rules. Once we found out what the rules were, we imme diately complied because we under stand rules are very important.” Waymire also filed a grievance questioning whether members of the Student Action League should be allowed to include the acronym SAL next to their names on DuckWeb. Cheeseman said the grievance would have to be submitted to the Constitution Court because it in volved the board. Waymire told the Emerald he would not file a grievance with the court. parkerhowell@dailyemerald. com ■ How to vote ASUO primary elections run through Friday. Students must log onto their DuckWeb accounts to vote at duckweb.uoregon.edu. Students can vote for all general and at-large candidates but will only be able to vote for academic senators running for the seat related to their majors. Each student can vote only once. Twenty seats are up for grabs in the primary elections, with 46 total candidates vying for po sitions. Eight of the races are uncontested, with only one candidate currently slated to run for those positions. However, students may write in candidates for all positions. Students must vote by 5 p.m. on Friday. The top two candi dates from the primary elections move on to the general elections, which will be held from April 13-15. However, if any candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote in the primar ies, he or she gets the seat. Students can vote from any computer with ac cess to DuckWeb. Campus locations include: • EMU Computer Lab • Kni^it Library Information Technolo©' Center • McKenzie Hall Computer Lab I CURE CANCER with ijour old couch! | Donate to a charity garage sale to help Mielca Hopps pay for he ;dicai bills MIEKA HOPPS, a U of O | student was recently diagnosed jj with Hodgjcin’s Lymphoma, she | is in high spirits while currently undergoing chemotherapy, but she needs your help Please donate sellable items. Items can be piclced up! 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