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Having documented the problem, my main concern was to get the ballots to a secure location. I was tempted to simply take them to a proctor myself, but I feared that might expose me to absurd allegations, even with The Crimson there as a witness. I telephoned Mr. Liston at home, instead, and pleaded with him to come to the office and escort the ballot box, with me, to the proctor who had agreed to take them. Unfortunately, he refused. I asked him at that time why he had backed out of the arrangement we had made, and he stated...
...returned to the council office just before noon, and spoke to John Mann '92-'94, the co-chair of the council's campus life committee. The ballot box was still out in the open. A quick examination showed that the box contained numerous loose ballots in addition to the envelopes. I telephoned Mr. Liston, who still refused to come move the ballots, despite having received the message from the dean. Mr. Mann then spoke to Mr. Liston, and prevailed upon him to allow the two of us to escort the box to the dean's office at that time. Since...
...course, since members of the council were transporting loose ballots and unsealed envelopes from the dining halls to the council office, there was ample opportunity to remove "yes" votes and replace them with "no" votes. None of us have any way of knowing whether this occurred. To reduce the likelihood of further problems, I asked Mr. Liston if I could supply special envelopes to the ballot table during each meal, and if I could request that the completed ballots be sealed in the envelope prior to leaving the ballot table. He agreed to this instruction, and I posted a sign...
...checked my constitution and bylaws immediately when I returned home from the council office early Tuesday morning. There is absolutely no provision for turning in keys when one resigns, graduates, retires or loses an election. Again, this is exactly my objection to their conduct in leaving the ballot box out in the open in the office...
...front page photograph in Wednesday's paper showed blank ballots from this week's Undergraduate Council referendum protruding out of an envelope next to the official ballot box in the council office. In fact, the envelope was on top of a stack of similar envelopes next to the ballot box, and the ballots were not protruding as pictured. The photograph was taken after a Crimson reporter moved the blank ballots out of the envelope to illustrate the fact that they were blank. This action constitutes a violation of Crimson policy, and we apologize for the error...