[1253] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: CREIGHTON/BRAR decision
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phife)
Sat Mar 16 13:33:57 2002
Message-ID: <200203161832.NAA10605@babayaga.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:32:50 -0500
From: Phife <aca3@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:24:55 EST."
<200203161524.KAA02231@department-of-alchemy.mit.edu>
>2) The Commission failed to provide the Creighton/Brar ticket with due proces
>s when evaluating the Creighton/Brar campaign.
So let me get this straight. You violate the process, but by merely
stating so, you are absolved of all culpability, but Creighton/Brar
are disqualified from the position they probably won. When do we get
to decide if you are unfit for office?
On the positive side, though, it's good that the commission has a
sense of humor. Look at all these jokes:
>The definition of the UA is twofold. Every undergraduate student at the Massa
>chusetts Institute of Technology is a member, by virtue of paying tuition, of
>the Undergraduate Association.
>Oxford English Dictionary defines bribery to be "the application of such influ
>ences [giving or accepting money or some other payment] to gain votes at a par
>liamentary or other election."
>With emphasis being on the democratic process, the Judicial Board felt a need
>to research any precedent connecting bribery or vote buying with the democrati
>c election process. In one of many examples, Massachusetts State Code Chapter
> 56 ("Violations of Elections Laws") Section 32 ("Bribery of Voter") dictates
>the following: "No person shall, directly or indirectly, pay, give, or promise
> to any voter, any gift or reward to influence his vote or to induce him to wi
>thhold his vote."
All those posters promising me food and even beer fit both of these
definitions verbatim.
>isqualify any candidate who fails to uphold the fairness and integrity of the
>election process in the best interests of the student body.
See! What could be funnier than this?
>Our decision concerning the Creighton/Brar ticket is a decision made to preser
>ve the democratic process, not diminish it.
Maybe this. No, wait, this was the funniest:
>The Judicial Board feels that to
>emphasize this, and to protect the voting rights of every member of the Underg
>raduate Association,
Now it's on.
->p
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