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The Indiana Daily Student

SPARC files injunction, ticket resumes

Thomas Dauer, SPARC for IU’s candidate for IU Student Association vice president of congress, withdrew himself from the election Wednesday night, according to a press release.

This resulted in an incomplete executive ticket for SPARC, and the Election Commission has ruled that SPARC was no longer eligible to run in the election.

However, after SPARC filed for an injunction, it was granted by the IU Supreme Court. Therefore, they will be treated as a legitimate ticket until their public hearing on March 27, and they will participate in the debate in Fine Arts 015 at 6 p.m today.

The commission cited the election code, which reads, “a candidate for any one of the four elected executive offices of President, Vice President, Congressional Secretary, or Treasurer must be a running mate with a candidate for each of the other three elected Executive offices, forming an executive slate ... No individual may run for an IUSA executive position without the aforementioned running mates.”

The Election Commission ruled that it would be unfair to let anyone apply to fill this vacancy post-deadline.

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— Hannah Smith

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