Elections | _ From front page _ “It was obvious from the evi- ‘dence of the election results presented by Whiting i in his petition that there was no way all voters had voted within their required aca- demic constituen- J cies,” supreme § courtjustice Luther - responsible for permitting the electhe court nartions to take place, to provide a. rowly defined constituency based _ “just and equitable remedy to on the guidelines established Uin — those specifically wronged.” n A and the ASWS member.” Furthermore, TitleI, Sectio “In my — legislative branch’s officially rec- should opinion, the court have ordered ognized constituencies. tions because that is the only way _. The court spent considerable | to ensure that an equitable rem-_ time debating the issue before ulmye could be reached,” Gaylord . Said: s Meeting on Tuesday afternoon _ todiscuss theirrole in the court’s deci- _ sion, the ASWSU Gaylord Sgid. | Additionally, = executive Gaylord gave per- _ it was possiblefor studentstovotefor _ twenty-one candi- f dates in question . _ determine possible any candidate with — remedies. no constituency- based restrictions. “When lasked what ~ the guidelines for ~ voting was were, I told to vote for all the senate offices not just my own particular _ | SUPREME SOUR § Thus I feel the elections committee failed to timately rendering the decision. put safeguards in place to pre“It took the court quite some vent this from happening,” _ time to determine the most judiGaylord said. cious way to analyze Whitings _ According to the bylaws, stu- arguments, thus they had to meet dents have the right to vote based | on three separate occasions beon the stipulation that “any mem- 3 forereachinga decision,” supreme ber of the ASWSU shall have the. court adviser eee cast one vote for...all sena- ; said. tors which represent any constitu- _vency of which the student is a ~ Michael Ree The court also ordered the ex- ecutive branch, who it deemed _ “By allowing _ the candidates to explore potential # solutions, the ex# ecutive branch is. being as just, fair -and equitable as possible,” ASWSU _ constituency. - branch decided to let the ‘sonal evidence that a pollster new elec- President Melinda Roylance said. In response to the court’s verdict, Whiting expressed his pleasure and possible remedies he would like to see enacted. : | | _ _ “T feel that justice was served — in this case and I believe that the executive branch mustremedy the situation as soon as possible, and — the best thing they could do is hold new elections before the quarter ends and it’s too late, — Whiting said.