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Editorial
Election Board Switch Neglects Responsibility
We, like the eternal optimists we are, hoped that the fall elections would not prove as hectic as were those last spring. It seems that we were wrong.
In March, because the Hurricane had decided to endorse, the Elections Board ruled:
“Any individual, organization, or groups of organizations may openly endorse a candidate or candidates in any approved University publication. Any cost involved will not be considered as a contribution to the candidate or candidates affected.”
Because there is no rule to the contrary stated in the list of election rules distributed for this campaign, we assumed that the ruling remained in effect.
We even asked Dr. Thurston Adams if it was.
Editorial
How, Why We Endorse
This special election issue is the second one of its kind produced by the Hurricane. Last year we designed one of the same format to present the qualifications and platforms of the various candidates to the student body charged with the responsibility of electing some of them to office.
We attempt to be as fair and comprehensive as humanly possible in the objective presentation of the candidate coverage.
We feel, however, that we have both the responsibility and the privilege to endorse that candidate we feel is the most qualified for the position.
The editorial board of the Hurricane — T. Constance Coyne, Harvey Kane, Ron Ruthfield, Tammy Brotman and J. B. Hill — has given careful consideration to both James Boyle and Lee Kolczon.
We, as we were last spring, are backing what we feel will lead to a strong student government. We are concerned with the honesty, integrity and qualifications of the candidate we
The smoke will flow out of the traditional caucus rooms and quiet will settle for the last political hurrah as students pull levers to elect seven ocers tomorrow and Friday.
Only freshmen will be able to vote for the five freshman offices in Friday’s election. The same applies to sophomore positions.
Under the rules set down by the election board and Thurston (Doc) Adams, only regularly enrolled full time students may vote, and they may only vote for the candidates running from the same class to which they belong.
Voting machines will be set up on the Union breezeway and will be operating from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ID cards must be shown.
Campaign rules state that all posters and materials must be submitted to Doc Adams for approval in advance of printing. The signs may not exceed 18" x 24" and may not be placed within 30 feet of the Ashe building or its parking lots.
No electipn material may be
placed in or near the graduate school, the law school, the art gallery, the Merrick Building, the east side of the laboratories, or on the utility poles.
Posters may be put up with strings or stakes, but not stapled on trees. Signs may be placed on cars which remain on campus provided they do not exceed regulation size.
All posters and material must be down by 5 pjn. Friday. No campaigning may be done off campus.
If anyone sees these rules being violated they may prepare a statement of the alleged violation, in triplicate, and turn it in to the election board. The board will hold a short trial, after which they will vote in a closed meeting.
Expenditures are limited by the USG constitution to $35 per candidate, except for president, vice president and treasurer. The maximum for these candidates is $75 each, or $200 for all three if they are running on a slate.
The total sum will be comprised of all personal expenditures, donations, and contributions.
Kolczon, Boyle Set Out To Win Treasurer Slot
We told him that we were not going to endorse freshmen candidates, hut that we would endorse candidates for the USG treasurer.
He reported to the Election Board that he had been told we were not going to endorse.
The Election Board then reportedly changed the ruling so that now any advertising for a candidate, regardless of who pays the expense, will be charged to the candidate’s total expenditures.
The Hurricane, which was directly affected in its advertising policy and its dissemination of information was not notified of this major rule change. It was purely by accident that we learned of the new ruling.
We had been selling political advertising under the policy from last year. When we discovered the election code change, we also discovered that one of the candidates could have been disqualified from the elections if we had allowed his adver-tisment to be run in the size his supporters had ordered.
The entire situation amazes us. Wc cannot understand how an election board can call itself responsible if it neglects distributing notification of its rulings and findings. We were placed in an awkward, and, rather unnecessary position.
Although not yet sure of all the reasons for the rule change, and the reasons for the behavior of certain candidates, we decided to pull all of the political advertisements.
We are forever conscious of our responsibliity to remain “above board” during elections. We made our policies and our position clear. We are only sorry that a rather secretive decision by the Election Board had to deny the privilege of advertising in the Hurricane to all the candidates who were interested.
Like we, said, we had hoped elections wouldn’t be so hectic.
endorse.
Because he agrees with the basic structure of the present USG platform, and yet has the iniative to dissent and propose alternative programs, we feel that there is only one candidate who can fulfill the true duties of USG treasurer.
This one candidate has handled finances many times before as illustrated in his list of qualifications. He is an accounting major with not only a grasp of the techniques of balancing books, but also the interest in doing the job well.
The following endorsement is the carefully considered opinion of the entire editorial board. There is no one on on the board who has any political aspirations or any promises of political “payoffs.”
We ask that you read all of the candidates’ qualifications and then consider our opinion.
We, the editorial board endorse:
USG Treasurer — Lee Kolczon
Editorial
USG, Cane Support NoFreshmenCandidates
Both The Hurricane and the Undergraduate Student Government wish to inform the freshmen students that those freshmen candidates who have gone around campaigning and bragging of Hurricane and USG support and endorsement should be viewed with a critical eye.
The Hurricane and USG have not and will not endorse or support freshmen candidates. We do not feel that we are familiar enough with the individuals to offer an intelligent endorsement.
Boyle
Jim Boyle, candidate for the office of USG Treasurer, is a Finance major. He was finance chairman of Derby Day.
Although he plans to support the present administration and its policies, he has some ideas of his own which, he feels, would be to the betterment of the student body. These include the following: longer library hours the weeks before and during Exam Week; better cooperation among student organizations; and strict enforcement of the new USG council attendance bill.
Kolczon
Lee Kolczon, a junior, is running for the office of USG Treasurer. He is vice-president and scholarship chairman of Kappa Sigma and has worked as pledge trainer and member of the Finance Steering Committee for that organization.
Kolczon, from Lorain, Ohio, has attended Miami for three years as an accounting major. During this time he has been involved in university affairs as a member of the IFC Social Standards and Rush Committees. He has also been active in the Management Club. Lee, if elected, plans to adhere to the platform of the present administration.
This election issue was produced in the hopes that knowledge of the candidates might prompt more students to vote.
We are extremely son-y if any candidates have been left out, or mistakenly identified, but hurried deadlines did not allow us time to recheck with all of the candidates before publication.
We wish all of them good luck and hope that all eligible students will get out and vote.