Elections~ — at WSU - overturned Justices ask leaders to find a fair remedy By JENNIFER KATLEMAN Standard-Examiner staff. OGDEN —- The student Supreme Court on Tuesday voided nearly half the Weber State University Senate races because students voted for candidates outside their constit- MCACIOBe 4 shod a aah toast The ruling pleased election loser Biff Whiting. He filed the compliant challenging the election’s validi- ty two weeks ago. . “I'm on top of the world. This shows a rambling old man knows how to work in. [| poli- _ tics,” said Whit- ing, 49, who got trounced nearly S*l. in” eet month’s election. Never in Weber State’s histo- ryhavesomany =§ | Roylance Student races been overturned, said Judy Hurst, directorof student ac- tivities, Lge a Wn For the past two years, all that prevented an arts major from voting in an election for natural science senator was an honor code. “This year we were hoping that people. would stick to the honor code, but apparently some didn’t. It’sa terrible mess,” said Quinn Richins, executive vice president. | Even some justices voted in the | wrong constituency, he said. | Jil Tooker, who will be Whiting’s campaign manager if he runs again, said it’s easy to understand the skew of this election when it’s compared to others. resto bead el “It would be like Utahns going over to Wyominand g voting for | their governor: They can’t do that,” She said. i | | - But the student court didn’t order a new election. o | Instead, the justices asked student government leaders to find a remedy for the 21 candidates who may have been cheated of a fair election. » : _ So in an emergency meeting Tuesday, student leaders struggled _ to define just what might right the election wrongs. ire wee After several hours of discussion, the officials. decided not to decide. ae