Inauguration of Elevate ticket held despite attempts from Inspire to postpone
May 15, 2021 2:55 pmThe inauguration, originally scheduled for April 15, was postponed due to election complaints.
The inauguration, originally scheduled for April 15, was postponed due to election complaints.
The Elevate ticket received 2,697 votes.
The Inspire ticket has been officially disqualified.
The election commission still needs to re-evaluate a previous court decision.
The commission will re-evaluate the overturned violations and rule again.
The public hearing will occur via Zoom.
The commission deducted two points from Legacy and four points from Elevate.
The IUSG Election Commission disqualified Inspire on April 6 for telecommunications violations.
The court said Inspire submitted six petitions past the deadline.
Inspire has now been found responsible for four violations, resulting in 24 points deducted.
The court accepted part of the Inspire ticket’s petition.
Inspire received 3,590 votes, Elevate received 2,699 votes and Legacy received 1,772 votes.
Inspire was disqualified for two violations combining 12 total deducted points.
The Inspire campaign was found responsible for two election violations as of Tuesday night.
All parties involved have 72 hours to respond to the complaints.
Students can cast their votes on BeInvolved until 10 p.m. Friday.
The three executive tickets participated in a debate Tuesday night.
The proclamation passed March 22 aims to support Burmese international students at IU.
Inspire’s vice presidential candidate voted against multicultural seat allocation in IUSG Congress.
The Inspire campaign claimed Elevate did not submit the required 150 signatures.
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