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Reversing a statement he made Wednesday evening, Election Commission representative David L. Levy '00 said that new Undergraduate Council President-Elect Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and Vice President-Elect John A. Burton '01 never overspent their campaign limit...
Levy, along with three other members of the five-member election board, had said repeatedly that Burton and Driskell--who won the campus-wide election for president and vice president in a landslide--exceeded their spending limit by $5 to $10, although he would not release the exact amount...
...Matthew M. Segneri '03, who is a member of the commission, maintained that position yesterday, saying that Driskell and Burton exceeded their spending limit...
However, Levy said yesterday evening that Driskell and Burton had never overspent. He said the commission's mistake was the result of "confusion" brought on by a long and stressful night before the election...
Among council members, the controversy over the alleged overspending has led to criticism of the election commission for perhaps allowing Driskell and Burton to get away with breaking the rules...