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...last year? And already this year the Council has experienced a scandal of sorts as the election for the Vice-Presidency has fallen into dispute. After expressly voting to suspend the by-laws in order to include absentee ballots in the election, these ballots were arbitrarily nullified in the run-off election. And these ballots made the difference in the final tally. Weeks after the issue was raised by a vote teller, the Council finally voted--they voted to do nothing at all. It is a sad commentary when the council cannot even handle elections properly--something they should know...
Council Treasurer Rene Reyes '95 disputed the outcome of the election last week, claiming that four absentee ballots cast for him in the run-off of the vice-presidential election were unfairly discounted by election overseer...
Gabay's motion was overruled by a majority of the council. Gabay then proposed an immediate run-off election for the vice presidency...
...know who these ballots came from or when they were cast," she said. "And because this was an election which Marc McKay and I dropped into from the presidential race, how could people who weren't there know beforehand who was running or who would end up in the run...
...whether or nor absentee ballots areconstitutionally provided for doesn't affectwhether they're counted in a run-off election,"Aronberg said...