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Njomo-Bisner elected ND student body president and vice president, signature referendum fails in 2021 election

Isabella Volmert | Friday, February 26, 2021

The 2021 Notre Dame student body election concluded Thursday night as juniors Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner were declared the winners, receiving 51.18% of votes. The proposed referendum, which attempted to raise the number of signatures required to bring petitions to the student senate, failed. A total 4,030 valid votes were cast in Wednesday’s election,

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Student body election ballot closes at 8 p.m. tonight

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Today is Election Day! From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., you can vote through our Electronic Ballot, which only takes a minute to fill out. Please, make your voice heard and vote for which candidates will represent you as student body president and vice president, and weigh in on the referendum to raise the bar

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Student government tickets address diversity, referendum, COVID-19 policies in town hall

Alysa Guffey | Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The three presidential and vice-presidential ticket candidates met in a virtual town hall Monday night to answer student-submitted questions centered around civic engagement, diversity and inclusion and relations with the administration. The candidates running for student body president and vice president this year are juniors Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner, juniors Max Siegel II and

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Vote no

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, February 23, 2021

This Wednesday, the student body will be faced with an important choice: it must decide which presidential ticket it wants to represent its values, its concerns and its dreams over the next academic year. Yet, as dazzling as the personality politics of this election can be, we want to take this opportunity to shine the

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Campus election season

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

The campaigning period for student body president and vice president began yesterday. The leadership and members of the Election Committee of the Judicial Council have been hard at work to make this election season a possibility as we battle the coronavirus pandemic. We are very excited to announce that three tickets were able to secure

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Judicial Council announces student body president, vice president candidates

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The Notre Dame Judicial Council announced the running tickets for the upcoming student body president and vice president elections Tuesday. The presidential and vice presidential tickets, respectively, include juniors Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner, juniors Max Siegel and Zachary Holland and juniors Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey. The campaign period begins today, and election day

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Dillon Hall senator to resign prior to impeachment proceedings

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, September 24, 2020

Senior Michael Dugan, who serves as Dillon Hall’s senator, has resigned from his student government position effective 6 p.m. Thursday, at the start of the senate meeting scheduled to take place at the same time. (Editor’s Note: Dugan is a former News Writer and Systems Administrator at The Observer.) The decision to step down comes

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What I learned

Letter to the Editor | Monday, February 24, 2020

I ran for student body president in this election alongside my close friend, Jack Rotolo. Unfortunately, we didn’t gain enough votes to move into the runoff election, so our time as candidates was brief. However, I can say that even that short period was still one of the biggest learning experiences of my life. I

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A rundown on the runoffs: Ingal-Galbenski and Patidar-Patrick

BridgeND | Monday, February 17, 2020

The two remaining tickets will take the stage Tuesday night in the runoff debate before the student government elections Wednesday. The Ingal-Galbenski and Patidar-Patrick tickets place contrasting emphasis on how to most effectively improve the lives of students at Notre Dame. The Patidar-Patrick ticket stresses the importance of campus presence. Their campaign centers around transparency

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Mercugliano-Lund ticket forced to drop candidacy for ‘highly unethical behavior’

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Mercugliano-Lund ticket must forfeit its candidacy after it was found to have engaged in “highly unethical behavior,” Judicial Council announced in a press release early Thursday. The council’s Election Committee found junior Zachary Mercugliano and freshman Aviva Lund violated Section 17.1(i)(1) of the Student Body Constitution, which reads: “The promise of any office or

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