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...Brain R. Melendez '86, who directed elections campus-wide and supervised voting in the Union, estimated that about ten percent more freshmen voted compared to last year's turnout...
...Melendez cited only two minor exceptions to the generally smooth elections. One involved a council candidate who helped watch a voting table for senior class marshalls and, therefore, sat at the same table where council ballots were distributed. This was clearly against the rules, he said...
Also some students in Canaday voted for Buford Govjok--a ficticious, write-in candidate. Melendez stated that all votes for this "person" will be discounted...
Both Lyss and Melendez said they have received numerous phone calls from students thinking of running but getting discouraged by the large number of students running in some areas
Undergraduate Council Vice-Chairman Brian R. Melendez '86, who authored a 120-page report last spring on free speech which was delivered to top University officials, including Bok, says, "I'm happy about the letter. I'm not surprised by it." Although Melendez says he was originally concerned that Bok would ignore some of the arguments for heckling--"hecklers have certain rights as well, and those rights should be protected"--he feels that "President Bok's position is actually much closer to the Council's than most undergraduates might like to admit. I hope a lot of people read...