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At 10 p.m. last Thursday evening, the Undergraduate Council Election Commission convened in the dark at the steps of Widener library to engage in the annual rite of marching to the headquarters of the winning ticket and announcing the results.
For appearance’s sake, all was as it usually was. Voting had closed at noon that day, and the results had been certified by an oral vote of five of the seven-member Commission—which oversees the elections each year—six hours later. But...
By midnight, Seiler and two other Commission members had abruptly resigned their posts, an e-mail to the Undergraduate Council open list (UC General) signed by the UC Vice President questioned the validity of the voting results and suggested possible vote tampering, and the presidential ticket of John F. Bowman...
The picture that emerges is of a battle for the soul of an election that extends well beyond the candidates themselves, encompassing several former Council members—one of them now graduated—the current leadership, and the Commission itself.
Now a member of the Election Commission makes a statement. The girl starts by presenting a Justice book. She's asking for backup from Kant and Aristotle? We don't really know what's she's talking about. She seems to be saying something about justice in the student election...