Elections head overstepped his bounds, justices agree
The ASUA Supreme Court reinstated Brandon D'Angelo's candidacy for administrative vice president because the elections commissioner didn't have the power to disqualify him, according to the court's opinion.
The Court reversed the decision made by Joe Rogers, elections commissioner for the Associated Students, because elections code does not permit the "Elections Commissioner to impose any suspension, sanction, fine or disqualification during the days of the General Election."
Rogers disqualified D'Angelo in the early morning of March 8, after he failed to comply with sanctions which he received for sending a mass e-mail to more than 4,200 University of Arizona students on the first day of general elections.
Mass e-mails are not allowed, Rogers said, and therefore D'Angelo committed a gross and negligent violation of campaign rules.
D'Angelo was ordered at 3 p.m. to stop campaigning, and had three hours to remove all campaign materials from campus. Later that night, a large banner was found at the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house, prompting his disqualification.
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