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A candidate can also bypass the nominating committee by collecting the signatures of 1 percent of the alumni association, a process known as running by petition. This year, there are two such candidates.
Stephen B. Hrones '64, who is running by petition this year, says the election process is biased against petition candidates.
Hrones, an attorney based in Boston, notes that petition candidates are listed after the committee-nominated candidates in the ballot pamphlet sent to alumni.
"Nothing prevents them from putting us in with the mix and just saying we're petition candidates," Hrones says. "If I don't win, I intend to take appropriate action, legal action if necessary."
Armstrong, however, defends the policy of listing petition candidates after committee-nominated ones.