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That night, one election commissioner told The Crimson that Driskell and Burton had exceeded their spending limit of $100. If this were true, election commission rules stipulate that they should have been immediately removed from the ballot. Candidates can only return unused campaign materials to offset fines for lesser election violations...
...next day, after Driskell and Burton had claimed an easy victory in the race, three other election commissioners acknowledged that overspending had occurred but said that the commission had agreed not to penalize the candidates at such a late stage in the election. Election commissioner David L. Levy '00 told the public in an e-mail that the commission "allowed [Driskell and Burton] to return unused campaign materials to bring themselves under spending limits"--a statement that is logically incongruous with existing council rules...
...commission's mishandling of the spending issue only scratches the surface of what seems to be a complacent attitude toward alleged violations by the Driskell-Burton ticket. Although commission rules dictate that candidates who commit a University offense should be immediately disqualified, the commission seemed to look the other way when Driskell-Burton flyers appeared in first-year mailboxes. This failure to investigate the matter is especially disturbing because rival presidential candidate Sterling P.A. Darling '01 earlier requested permission from the College to do the same thing--and was denied...
...elected officer likes to begin her term under a cloud of controversy, and it must be frustrating for both Driskell and Burton to have won this election and be immediately faced with questions about how they ran their campaign...
...election commission is so unsure about the application of its own rules that it gives one response one day and the opposite the next, it should become a immediate concern of the new leaders of the council. We call upon Driskell and Burton to clear up this confusion through a public statement about their campaign's finances. Furthermore, we urge the council to re-examine the rules and procedures of the election commission so that it can become a truly accountable and responsible body...