To Whom It May Concern:
The Supreme Court voted tonight to NOT certify the election for Executive
Vice President. The Court does not believe that a fraction of a vote is
sufficient to create a "plurality vote" as required by Section 4.6.1 of the
SGA Constitution. Therefore, the Supreme Court orders that a run-off
election take place on Wednesday, April 5, and Thursday, April 6. The
election will begin at midnight on Wednesday and will end on Thursday at
5pm. Pursuant to SGA Constitution Section 4.6.1, the Supreme Court has the
power to set the time, date, and manner for the run-off election.
Therefore, this does not need to be approved by the Senate.
The Supreme Court promulgated the following rules:
1. Candidates shall be allowed to spend up to $50 for their campaign in the
run-off election.
2. The Supreme Court shall provide 100 free copies of flyers to candidates
in a run-off election. Candidates may submit up to 2 originals to be
copied. If candidates submit more than 1 original, the candidate must
indicate how many copies should be made for each original. The originals
shall be submitted to the Campus Life Office by 5pm on Thursday, March 30.
The copies will be available at or after noon on Friday, March 31 in the
Campus Life Office.
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In order for these rules to go into effect, the Senate must approve them.
Therefore, the Court respectfully requests that these rules be placed on the
Senate's agenda for tomorrow night. Again, the only thing that we need
approved is the new rules. The 2006 Election Rules and Procedures will
govern all other aspects of the run-off election. If the Senate fails to
approve the new rules, the run-off election will still continue. However,
candidates would not be able to spend additional funds and they would not
receive additional flyers from the Supreme Court.
The Court will advertise the run-off in the Cardinal and on Netmail.
The Court held that its sanctions on Kyle Riggs (2.25% of the total
vote) will not be applicable to the run-off election.
If candidates wish to communicate with the Court, they must do so in writing
by sending an e-mail to the Chief Justice at or
. The Chief Justice will forward the e-mail to the
entire Court. Candidates are asked to refrain from contracting the Chief
Justice in any way besides e-mail.
Sincerely,
Sean Deskins
Chief Justice
[e1]Senate is to approve these rules in addition to already approved election rules.