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Information Table
10:00 am to 2:00 pm - EMU
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11:30 am to 1:00 pm - EMU Century Room D
Wednesday, April 13
Information Table
10:00 am to 2:00 pm - EMU
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Information Table
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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
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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
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