By
Maya Schechter
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Opinion to be released Monday, court suggests another race
Brandon D'Angelo is once again a candidate for ASUA administrative vice president after the Associated Students Supreme Court yesterday reversed the March 8th decision to disqualify him.
Although the Supreme Court's detailed opinion will not be available until Monday, a short summary will be issued to the Associated Students today to clarify the necessary procedures to be taken, said chief justice Jess Walsh.
The Supreme Court will encourage that a special election for the administrative vice president be held, Walsh said.
D'Angelo and Sen. Tricia Williams, the original candidates, will be the only two allowed in the special election, Walsh added.
ASUA President Ben Graff said he and Elections Commissioner Joe Rogers did not want to comment on the situation until they read the Court's opinion and could better understand their decision.
"I will respect any decision the Supreme Court hands down and follow out the order they put through," Graff said.
D'Angelo was disqualified from the race after he failed to comply with election code sanctions, which he received for sending a mass e-mail to more than 4,200 students - a violation of elections code according to Rogers - the morning of general elections.
D'Angelo then appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.
On Wednesday night, the Court heard oral arguments from both sides - D'Angelo and Rogers - and made their decision yesterday.
"They decided in favor of my cause - I feel very good about it," D'Angelo said. "I'm happy to see my name has been cleared and people can see that I shouldn't have been disqualified."
Williams said she was upset with the possibility that ASUA may not have an administrative vice president until the situation is solved, because there are preliminary things to be done before the term begins.
"It has set back the election, so I wish he wouldn't have been disqualified so that we could have had a regular election," she said.
"I ran a clean and fair election the first time, so if I have to do it again, I will," she added.
Walsh said the opinion will outline the reasons for their decision and what steps will be taken next.
"The most important thing will come out Monday - I really hope people will wait to read it," he said.
