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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 of $100.
And Matthew M. Segneri '03, who is a member of the commission, maintained that position yesterday, saying that Driskell and Burton exceeded their spending limit by $13.
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.
According the commission's rules, candidates who exceed their spending limits will be expelled from the race. Before reversing himself yesterday, Levy had said he felt such punishment would be draconian, and the commission decided not to remove the Driskell/Burton ticket from the race.
Levy said the two candidates returned enough in-kind donations--such as unused paper and campaign posters--to the commission last night to pull them back within the spending limits.