A committee of current Student Senate members refused to reverse the Board of Elections’ decision to disqualify eight FACE party members.
A total of nine FACE candidates were disqualified last week because of mistakes on their applications or for judicial reasons. Eight of the ineligible candidates filed appeals, said Elections Special Appeals Committee Chairman and Student Senate President Jesse Neader.
FACE's presidential candidate Matthew Wallace said he is “disappointed” by the ruling.
“I don’t like the ruling, but I know they’re fair people,” he said.
A ninth FACE appeal was submitted after the committee had its first meeting Monday night, Wallace said, adding that he doesn’t expect it to have a different result.
The party’s appeals asked the committee to examine whether the board properly interpreted and applied its rules in four areas: judicial offenses, misreported GPAs, duplicate signatures and the election time period. So far, the committee has upheld all the board’s actions, Neader said.
The committee will meet again Wednesday to rule on three final appeals. RSVP treasurer candidate Chris Wimsatt said two of his party’s three ineligible candidates plan to appeal their disqualifications.
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