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...first involves an e-mail sent out by a Voith and Gadgil staffer to a campaign staffer for Magnus Grimeland ’07 and Tom D. Hadfield ’08. The e-mail encouraged Grimeland and Hadfield to drop out of the race and offered the ticket reimbursement for all their campaign expenses—as well as lunch—if they threw their support to Voith and Gadgil. Because of this e-mail, the Voith and Gadgil campaign was fined $80 by the UC Election Commission (EC) for violating election rules. While Voith and Gadgil claim...
While neither club is endorsing Voith and Gadgil, the incident has left many disillusioned with the Voith-Gadgil ticket, club members said...
Grimeland and Hadfield were insulted. And we should be too. If this election is to have any semblance of authenticity, it must not be decided behind closed doors. A ticket should earn our support based not on their ability to convince others not to run, but on their platform and qualifications...
With the council’s reputation as a hotbed of political machinations, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the only ticket with a straightforward, consistent platform is the comparative outsiders, Grimeland and Hadfield. This refreshing lack of entrenchment almost outweighs their disconcerting dearth of council know-how—if only their proposals were bound by the limits of pragmatic reason...
...people are concerned that they were deceived by John and Tara and we feel that if it is at all technology feasible, then we think it should be allowed,” said Joshua Patashnik ’07, who is the campaign manager of the Haddock-Riley ticket. “There are a lot of people whose vote has been invalidated because of the deception of the Voith-Gadgil campaign,” he said. Voith-Gadgil Campaign Manager Daniel A. Koh ’07 could not be reached for comment last night. —ALEXANDER...