Green, a member of The Dartmouth Staff, won the first round of instant run-off voting by a margin of 155 votes. After several subsequent rounds, Green beat out second-place candidate Nova Robinson '08 by 187 votes.
2156 students voted in the election -- a turnout down about 300 students from last year's vote.
Elections Planning and Advisory Committee chair Kevin Hudak '07 called the turnout "healthy," and said that the relatively quiet nature of this year's campaign was probably to blame for the lessened voter turnout, pointing to last year's increased activity due to write-in candidate and current Student Body President Tim Andreadis '07.
"I attribute [the turnout] to the fact that [the election] wasn't as divisive," Hudak said. "There wasn't as much coverage and excitement."
Tuesday also saw the harshest sanction of the campaign period, as candidate Raj Koganti '08 was slapped with a tier-three sanction -- a move that would have suspended Koganti's campaigning privileges.
The sanction, however, had no effect on the race, as it was issued at 5:02 p.m. on Tuesday -- two minutes after the end of voting and the campaign period.
The members of EPAC considered disqualifying Koganti, but ultimately decided against this action.
Hudak said that the offense would have warranted a tier-two or tier-three sanction on any other day of campaigning. Though acknowledging that an offense on the final day of campaigning could carry a little more weight, the membership ultimately decided against disqualification.
Hudak also pointed to the tradition of low voter turnout on the second day of voting as reasoning for the decision.
"Our reasoning also stemmed from the fact that the majority of the turnout comes on day one," he said.
Though the sanction was officially issued after the end of campaigning, Hudak argued for the symbolic value of reporting the violation.
"The biggest thing was issuing that and making sure that the campus and student population and Raj knew that we really didn't approve of what he did," Hudak said.
The Dartmouth has yet to contact Green or the other candidates.
Hudak is a member of The Dartmouth Staff.
