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UC Vice-President Kia J. McLeod '10 just sent an e-mail over the UC open list alleging that vice-presidential candidate Eric N. Hysen '11 had access to the voting software used to tabulate the results. She also wrote that Brad A. Seiler '10, ex-chair of the Election...
The results of the long-awaited and hotly-contested UC election are in doubt as the UC Election Commission, the body in charge of administering the election, is embroiled in an internal struggle over the votes.
At 6 p.m. today, the Election Commission voted unanimously to certify that the Bowman-Hysen ticket had won by 45 votes. But at 10:15 p.m., the Commission de-certified the results by a 4-3 vote. Twenty-five minutes later, the Commission voted against certifying the results.
Now, three members of the Election Commission, ex-chair Brad A. Seiler '10, Daniel P. Robinson '10 (who is also a Crimson editorial writer), and Emily E. Osborne '12 have resigned, according to e-mails sent over the UC open list. We'll keep you posted as developments emerge.
An earlier version of this post stated incorrectly that decision to certify the election results was passed to the general UC because three members of the Election Commission resigned. In fact, after the Election Commission voted to decertify the results, the decision went to the UC Executive Board, which voted...