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...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...
...here. Why did the commission wait until last Wednesday--the last day of voting--to investigate alleged spending violations when those same violations were reported by other candidates since that Monday? Why, when reports of possible commission misconduct began to surface after the election, were the public election rules removed from the commission's Web site? And why did candidates' financial reports, which were made publicly available during the election, contain marked differences in detail and rigor...
...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...
...addition, the campaign seeks to encourage increased use of public land for new housing. Finally, the group seeks to support additional policies protecting and increasing affordable housing for renters and homeowners...
Soon after the election's results were announced, exasperation started pouring out over uc-general, the council's public newsgroup...