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...earlier version of the Nov. 24 news article "After Chaos, UC Okays New Leaders" misattributed a quote about the investigation of potential vote tampering to George J.J. Hayward ’11. In fact, the quote should have been attributed to Phillip Morris...
...earlier version of the Nov. 24 news article "After Chaos, UC Okays New Leaders" stated that an e-mail penned by Kia J. McLeod '10 alleged impropriety in the election process, citing "access to the UC's vote database" by Eric N. Hysen '11. To clarify, the e-mail stated that Hysen "might still have access" to the software and added that former Vice-President Randall Sarafa passed down all the UC passwords to Hysen upon his graduation...
Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) recently sparked an uproar over her brokering of $300 million dollars for Louisiana in exchange for her vote to bring the health-care bill to the floor of the Senate. As a resident of Louisiana, I’m not offended—instead, I would like to thank her. Landrieu is not apologetic for her request, and there is no reason she should be. In fact, in a more just world Louisiana would be compensated for much more than $300 million...
Many Republicans are calling Landrieu’s provision the “new Louisiana Purchase.” However, it’s a bit early to assume that Landrieu’s vote has been “purchased.” She made an unequivocal preliminary clarification that her vote to bring the debate to the floor “should in no way be construed by the supporters of this current framework as an indication of how I might vote as this debate comes to an end.” She has stated that she will...
...election night, however, was the gross lack of judgment the EC exercised in releasing confidential information to Kia J. McLeod ’10, current UC vice president and known supporter of the Hayward-Zhang campaign, among others. Why, for example, did members of the council know the vote tallies before the EC released them...