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Campus-Wide Elections : Spring 2023
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| Complaint ID | Submitted On | Candidate Name | Election Code(s) Broken | Status | Details |
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| 8 | 02/28/2023, 11:58 p.m. | Helen | Campus Wide Election Code, SEC. 7.7 VERBAL HARASSMENT: “Candidates, as well as their agents and workers, will not engage in campaigning activities that subject students, faculty, or the administration to demeaning verbal harassment as determined by the university's institutional rules.” | Dismissed | |
| 7 | 02/20/2023, 8:58 p.m. | Ty Burroughs | SG Election Code Sec. 3.27 DISQUALIFICATION SG Election Code Sec. 3 Subchapter B Financial Disclosure | Dismissed | |
| 6 | 02/20/2023, 8:57 p.m. | Kishlaya Rastogi | SG Election Code Sec. 3.27 DISQUALIFICATION SG Election Code Sec. 3 Subchapter B Financial Disclosure | Dismissed | |
| 5 | 02/20/2023, 8:56 p.m. | Jaitlyn Key | SG Election Code Sec. 3.27 DISQUALIFICATION SG Election Code Sec. 3 Subchapter B Financial Disclosure | Dismissed | |
| 4 | 02/20/2023, 8:56 p.m. | Jaitlyn Key | SG Election Code Sec. 3.27 DISQUALIFICATION SG Election Code Sec. 3 Subchapter B Financial Disclosure | Select One... | |
| 3 | 02/20/2023, 8:56 p.m. | Jaitlyn Key | SG Election Code Sec. 3.27 DISQUALIFICATION SG Election Code Sec. 3 Subchapter B Financial Disclosure | Dismissed | |
| 2 | 02/16/2023, 3:58 a.m. | George Boghs and Ana Fuentes | Campus-Wide Election Code Title II. Sec. 6.14 CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE RECORDS. Each candidate must keep accurate and up-to-date records of all campaign receipts and expenditures. A template for financial disclosures for use by all candidates will be developed by the Election Supervisory Board and provided to each group by the first day of filing. Campus-Wide Election Code Title II. Sec. 7.1 START OF CAMPAIGNING. The sanctioned campaign period shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on the Monday two weeks prior to the opening of the polls. Campus-Wide Election Code Title II. Sec. 7.5 SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY. Any social media activity that propagates specific language (by retweeting, sharing, or equivalent means) is considered speech on the part of the campaign and subject to the provisions in this code and university guidelines that regulate speech. a. Social media activity is defined as any action that originates from an account on a social media platform that is entirely intended to campaign for the individual or campaign-related material that originates from an account of a candidate or campaign agent as defined by Title II, Chapter II of the Campus-Wide Election Code. Student Government Specific Election Code Chapter 3. Subchapter B. Sec. 3.18 RECORD KEEPING. Each candidate in any Student Government election must keep accurate and up-to-date records of all campaign receipts and expenditures. Student Government Specific Election Code Chapter 3. Subchapter B. Sec. 3.19 RECEIPTS. Receipts must be provided for all campaign expenditures. a. All campaign-related expenses, except those specifically exempt within this code, shall be included in the candidate financial disclosure statements. Student Government Specific Election Code Chapter 3. Subchapter B. Sec. 3.25 REPORTING EXPENSES. The financial disclosure statements in TITLE III, Sec. 3.19- 3.24 must contain all the expenses incurred by the candidate during the campaign. Student Government Specific Election Code. Chapter 4. Subchapter B. Sec. 4.6 FILED CAMPAIGN MATERIALS. A sample of all campaign materials must be filed with the Election Supervisory Board prior to its public distribution or publishing. a. Candidates who distribute, publish, or disseminate their campaign materials prior to approval from the Election Supervisory Board shall be appropriately sanctioned for each violation of this section. Student Government Specific Election Code. Chapter 3. Subchapter A. Sec. 3.11 JURISDICTION OF CODE. Candidates, their agents, and workers are subject to governance by this code throughout the duration of the candidate’s endeavoring to be elected to office in accordance with TITLE II, Sec. 3.8. Student Government Specific Election Code 4 a. Candidates may still be held responsible and sanctioned for electioneering activities that violated the provisions of this code and its associated rules before the Candidate filed for office and was registered as a candidate by the Election Supervisory Board. | Decision | |
| 1 | 02/10/2023, 3:50 p.m. | George Boghs and Ana Fuentes | Sec. 4.5 EARLY CAMPAIGNING OR ENDORSING. No campaigning or endorsing will be allowed until the official campaign period has begun as determined by the Election Supervisory Board. Student Government Specific Election Code 7 a. Please refer to TITLE II, Sec. 2.3 and TITLE III, Sec. 2.3 of this Code for a definition of campaigning and endorsing, respectively. Sec. 2.3 “CAMPAIGN” AND “CAMPAIGNING” refer to statements, literature, activities or deliberate uses or distribution of materials of any kind that have or are intended to have the effect of soliciting votes, support or interest for a candidate or elective office. Campaigning should only occur during the official campaign period as defined in this code. Sec. 5.6 START OF CAMPAIGNING. The sanctioned campaign period shall begin the Wednesday two weeks prior to the first election date. a. Candidates, and their respective campaign staff, who engage in any electioneering activities, outside of the sanctioned individual recruitment of campaign staff, prior to the start of the sanctioned campaign period shall be appropriately sanctioned for each violation of this section. | Decision |