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-25 posts tagged "Judicial Council"
Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, February 26, 2019
In a close vote Monday evening, Judicial Council reported the votes of each undergraduate residence hall in the sophomore class council election, resulting in current freshmen Jordan Theriault, Devin Diggs, Lily Short and Timmy Gallagher winning the election after a failed runoff Thursday. The vote followed a tight race for the class of 2022’s sophomore
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, February 19, 2019
The King-Tighe-Hogan-Case ticket, running for sophomore class council, will be required to forfeit 33 votes in Thursday’s elections, Judicial Council announced in a press release Thursday morning. According to the release, the ticket violated election regulations outlined in Section 17.1(f) of the student body constitution. Section 17.1(f) states “E-mail as a source of campaigning may
Mary Steurer and Claire Rafford | Thursday, February 7, 2019
Junior Elizabeth Boyle and sophomore Patrick McGuire were elected student body president and vice president after winning 53.27 percent of the student body’s vote Thursday. Boyle and McGuire defeated juniors Mario Markho and Charlie Ortega Guifarro, juniors Eduardo Luna and Haley Coleman and freshmen Carlston Chang and Kevin O’Leary. The Markho-Ortega ticket drew in 30.09
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Campaigns for the student body government elections kicked off Tuesday after four tickets received the 700 required signatures to enter the race. Junior Elizabeth Boyle and sophomore Patrick McGuire, freshmen Carlston Chang and Kevin O’Leary, juniors Eduardo Luna and Haley Coleman and juniors Mario Markho and Charlie Ortega Guifarro form the four tickets running for
Claire Rafford | Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Notre Dame’s student senate spent most of their weekly meeting debating the confirmation of new members to the Judicial Board’s Election Committee. “According to the to Section 13.2 of the Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Body, ‘The Election Committee shall review all allegations of potential elections misconduct and all potential violations of elections regulations in
Mary Bernard | Thursday, March 8, 2018
The Judicial Council president and the student union parliamentarian presented potential changes to the Student Union Constitution as a result of complications during the recent election cycle to student senate Wednesday evening. Due to mutiple unheard appeals, sanction discrepancy and confusion about constitutionally acceptable actions during the petitioning, campaigning and voting processes, senior Judicial Council
Courtney Becker | Monday, March 5, 2018
Three tickets. Two elections. Five rounds of sanctions. Four appeals filed. Two appeals heard. 402 students’ votes invalidated. On Feb. 25 — after a month-long campaign process that included countless hours of allegation hearings and sanction appeals, a runoff election and several unsubstantiated rumors — juniors Gates McGavick and Corey Gayheart were elected student body
Observer Staff Report | Friday, February 23, 2018
Updated Saturday at 1:53 p.m. The McGavick-Gayheart ticket will be required to forfeit 12 percent of the votes cast for it during Friday’s student government presidential runoff election, Judicial Council announced in a press release Friday morning. According to the release, juniors Gates McGavick and Corey Gayheart were “found to have supporters releasing confidential information
Kelli Smith | Friday, February 23, 2018
The remaining student body presidential candidates and their respective running mates made their final campaign pitches to the public Thursday in a Judicial Council runoff debate in the Duncan Student Center. The debate was held a day before Friday’s runoff election, which will determine the 2018-2019 student body president and vice president. The contenders, juniors
Courtney Becker | Thursday, February 8, 2018
The 2018 student government presidential election will continue with a runoff election between the McGavick-Gayheart ticket and the Kruszewski-Dunbar ticket, Judicial Council announced Thursday night. While none of the three tickets — McGavick-Gayheart, Kruszewski-Dunbar and Gannon-Moran — achieved the required 50 percent of valid (non-abstention) votes to win the election, senior Matt Ross, the Judicial