One year after a campaign season plagued with scandal, Director of Student Activities Tim Moore explained the guidelines for this year's Spring term student elections yesterday to 10 students interested in running for offices.
On April 12, College students will elect a Student Assembly president and vice president and 24 general Assembly members. The sophomore, junior and senior classes will each pick a class president and vice president.
Last year, all four classes voted for the Assembly president and vice president.
But the proposed Assembly constitution, which has not yet been approved by the Assembly, calls for only returning classes to vote; Class of 1994 would have no vote in the Assembly elections.
Also up for election this spring are 20 positions in the Green Key Society, which is the all-junior service society, and three regulars and three alternates for the Committee on Standards, the College's undergraduate judicial body.
Students who are running must turn in petitions by March 4. Candidates for Assembly President and Vice President need 100 signatures from currently enrolled students. Candidates for the other offices need only 50 signatures.
Moore told the potential candidates that they cannot begin any form of campaigning until a week before the elections.
Last year, Assembly presidential candidates Nicole Artzer '94 and Stewart Shirasu '94 were sanctioned by the Election Advisory Committee for campaigning early. This was one of many controversies surrounding the 1993 Assembly elections.
The EAC is a group of students and administrators who oversee student elections and is chaired by Moore.
Candidates for Assembly President and Vice President can spend no more than $150 on their campaigns, Moore said. All other candidates can spend $100.
The EAC made the election guidelines more comprehensive this year after the frequent scandals surrounding last year's election, Moore said.
Last year, Assembly President-elect Shirasu was accused of violating election policy by overspending on his campaign and also was accused of sending a slanderous message from a false BlitzMail account.
