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...commission also charged Driskell and Burton only $1 for 100 servings of lemonade, provided by Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), which they handed out to people in front of the Science Center Dec. 15. The campaign claims it was given the lemonade for free by someone in the Mather House Dining Hall but that still does not make it a freely available resource. Sterling P. A. Darling '01, another presidential candidate, called HUDS and also asked for lemonade, and he was not only told that could not have it for free, but that he would be charged $1.50 per serving...
These violations, however, all pale in comparison to the most egregious offense committed by Driskell and Burton: mail-dropping campaign fliers to all first-years. These fliers put the candidates' names in the hands of every single first-year, and undoubtedly gave Driskell and Burton a very large advantage. This type of mail-dropping, however, is a direct violation of the policy stated on the Web site of Harvard University Mail Services. Even more frustrating is the fact that three of Driskell's opponents considered doing the same thing but decided against it. Darling called Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley...
According to commission rules, any action that directly violates College policy is grounds for disqualification from the election, as is any for which one could be brought before the Administrative Board. Even without the flagrant spending violations, Driskell and Burton should not have been allowed to stay in the race because they clearly went against College policy. It is absolutely unacceptable that the commission has allowed them to break the rules and get away with it while the other candidates obeyed the rules assuming the other candidates would be held to them. Furthermore, the fact that both Driskell and Burton...
...campaign rules. It is understandable that the commissioners do not want to do anything so drastic as disqualify candidates, but given the overwhelming evidence it is clear that they have to do so. The commission has overlooked every single point that has been brought up against Driskell and Burton, ostensibly because they do not want to disqualify them. The commissioners, however, are the only people who can enforce the campaign rules, and it is not their place to decide what would be most convenient for them, but rather what is right...
...previous issues of The Crimson, have repeatedly contradicted one another and changed their own stories. It is unclear, for instance, whether or not the commission even voted on how to charge the campaign for the buttons as Levy claims. At first, the commission even stated that Driskell and Burton did overspend but changed that story shortly after. They have also taken no action against Driskell and Burton for changing their spending reports after the fact and failing to report certain expenses altogether, all of which are offenses subject to punitive measures...