Finances shed light on IUSA campaigns

With $4,450 in campaign donations and $3,675.31 in campaign expenditures, BtownUnited leads ticket financial activity.

All tickets are required to submit biweekly financial statements to the IU Student Association Election Commission. These statements include itemized documentation of total campaign donations and expenditures, provided with receipts.

Those running on the election ballot cannot contribute more than $1,000 to their campaigns. All other, non-running donors can contribute no more than $250, according to the IUSA election code.

Campaign donations for BtownUnited include nine corporate and seven individual donations. Three executive candidates, Neil Kelty, Barrett Tenbarge and Jeff Williams, have each donated $500 to the campaign. Corporate donations have come from organizations such as the MyEdu Corporation, PostGradApartments.com and Bloomington Shuttle Service.

The reviveIU ticket lies on the other end of the spectrum taking in a collective $160 from the ticket’s chief of internal affairs Beth McManus and the financial overseer of the campaign Avi Coven.

Falling somewhere in between is the Big Ten ticket. Total donations amount to $1,830, $775 of which comes from student body president candidate Justin Kingsolver himself. Other donors include chief of staff candidate Hannah Kinkead, Vice President for Congress Stephanie Kohls and members of the Kingsolver family.

The IUSA election code also states that regardless of total campaign contributions, expenditures — defined as “any purchase or donation which is used for promoting any candidate or ticket” — cannot exceed $5,000.

BtownUnited’s notable expenses include $136.59 on labels, just less than $2,600 on shirt printing and $257.71 on pens. The ticket’s current balance is $774.69.

ReviveIU lists only two expenses: $110 on posters and $19.95 on a website URL, leaving the ticket with $30.05.

With a balance of $1,813.25, Big Ten has spent the least of the tickets: $11.76 on staples and $4.99 for a domain name rental.

The financial statements are public information and are available for viewing the Monday after the Friday due date.