2008 Woodie Awards
Voinov Ticket DQ'ed After Campaigning
Christopher Duray
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
After an emotional hearing Thursday night, the USG presidential ticket of Vladimir Voinov and Daniqua Boulware was disqualified for campaigning at an official USG event.
The hearing was presided over by USG Justices Joe Patrick, Jacob Herrewyn, and chief justice Liz Ciurylo. This is the second election hearing in as many days after Ryan McHardy and Meredith Zaritheny were cleared of an accused violation Wednesday night.
Presidential election results were set to be announced, but were delayed until after the hearing. Since the polls had officially closed before the hearing had taken place, the Judiciary did not allow a revote and any votes for Voinov were discarded during the official count. According to the official tally, had votes for Voinv been he would not have won the election.
The grievance centered on the "Take Back The Night" event that took place Wednesday. During the event, in which women who had suffered abuse were invited to share their stories, Voinov took the stage to share a story about an incident in which he saw a woman being beaten. He introduced himself as a candidate for USG Presidency, and during the speech, mentioned plans to create a safety coalition for students of sexual assault violence against women, and mentioned the Web site where students could vote.
The central question of the evening centered on whether or not Take Back The Night constituted a USG event despite the fact that USG was not involved in an official capacity. The charges claimed that since it was funded by USG, featured the USG seal on the promotional material, was in-line with USG policies, and had many organizers who serve as senators, it should be considered a USG event.
The judiciary agreed, reasoning that since the USG funded Take Back the Night and was recognized as a co-sponsor, it constituted an official event. They found that Voinov's mention of campaign policy and statement that he was running for office constituted active campaigning, citing a 2007 hearing which defined campaigning as any action which connects the candidate with their election verbally or visually.
The hearing was presided over by USG Justices Joe Patrick, Jacob Herrewyn, and chief justice Liz Ciurylo. This is the second election hearing in as many days after Ryan McHardy and Meredith Zaritheny were cleared of an accused violation Wednesday night.
Presidential election results were set to be announced, but were delayed until after the hearing. Since the polls had officially closed before the hearing had taken place, the Judiciary did not allow a revote and any votes for Voinov were discarded during the official count. According to the official tally, had votes for Voinv been he would not have won the election.
The grievance centered on the "Take Back The Night" event that took place Wednesday. During the event, in which women who had suffered abuse were invited to share their stories, Voinov took the stage to share a story about an incident in which he saw a woman being beaten. He introduced himself as a candidate for USG Presidency, and during the speech, mentioned plans to create a safety coalition for students of sexual assault violence against women, and mentioned the Web site where students could vote.
The central question of the evening centered on whether or not Take Back The Night constituted a USG event despite the fact that USG was not involved in an official capacity. The charges claimed that since it was funded by USG, featured the USG seal on the promotional material, was in-line with USG policies, and had many organizers who serve as senators, it should be considered a USG event.
The judiciary agreed, reasoning that since the USG funded Take Back the Night and was recognized as a co-sponsor, it constituted an official event. They found that Voinov's mention of campaign policy and statement that he was running for office constituted active campaigning, citing a 2007 hearing which defined campaigning as any action which connects the candidate with their election verbally or visually.
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John McFlick
posted 4/18/08 @ 1:32 PM EST
This guy sounds like a winner. Ha
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