Benard | protest centered upon his eligibil- __ ity. The supreme court declared _ himeligible, but the election comFrom front page . mittee is violating their own rules election Open Hour but never by placing — on the ballot,” he raised the issue. He specifically said. stated to me, ‘I am not going to ‘run because I don’t have time.’ _ Then he turns around and files a protest five days before the final elections begin, fully aware of the fact that I would be out of town representing WSU at the MUN. . ._,” Bernard said in the letter. Whiting disagrees. “T never said that to him. And Jamie VanMeeteren, election chairwoman _ said, “Bryan (Benard) has a legitimate concern about Biff being placed on the ballot. I think it would’ve been moreappropriate for thesupreme court to have placed himasa writein candidate instead mee on the ballot.” VanMeeteren said other candi- even if I did, what difference does dates knew of their competition it make?” Whiting said. “I said to him after I saw the eligibility requirements, ‘I guess I can’t run. and could planaccordingly weeks I’m nota in advance. “I feel kind of sorry for Bryan,” she said. “He didn’t full-time student,’ and I have a lot of time to Rarer for wasn’t Se to go full time torun his election.” Whiting refers to the supreme _ Bernard said his complaint fo- court decision that points to the cuses on title V, section A, __ irrelevancy of the filing deadline. subparagraph (e) of the ASWSU — The question he brought before (for office),” he said. bylaws that states that after the date for declaring candidacy has passed individuals still desiring to seek election may do SO as a write-in candidate. “By placing Whiting on the ballot, there has been a complete breach of the non-disputed election rules. Whiting was seeking office after the filing deadline. His the court, he said, dealt with a contradiction with the WSU constitution. | “They (the election committee) seem to think bureaucratic rule supersedes the constitution,” he said. “As stated, Wining is a write-in candidate,” Benard said. “T protest his pea ionic on the ballot."