By Bonnie Rochman, Assistant University Editor
Two University students are contesting Speaker Tim Moore's re-election to Student Congress on the grounds that some of the 25 signatures on his election petition were illegitimate
Dana Lumsden, a senior from Boston, said he and Erik Ose, a junior from Bristol, R.I., had noted two discrepancies in Moore's petition. "People who sign the petition must put down their full name, address and phone number, and a couple of Tim's folks didn't even do that. "And there's a man on Tim's petition who is a graduate student, and graduate students cannot be represented by undergraduates as stated by the Student (Government) Code, so that makes one of Tim's signatures invalid," Lumsden said. "Therefore, there are only 24, not 25 signatures hence his position on the ballot is invalid."
Moore said he thought the signature in question was legitimate. "My understanding is that the person is a senior," he said. "Lumsden and Ose are alleging he's a graduate student. But the petitions were approved, and I don't see it as an issue."
Chris Bracey, Elections Board chairman, said the point was moot because the petitions already had been approved. He said he had randomly checked the petitions to make sure they were valid. Lumsden and Ose missed the deadline, which is 48 hours from when the petitions are turned in, to lodge their complaint, Bracey said. Bracey said he did not have time to look into the matter further.
Lumsden said the oversight was not Bracey's fault. "Chris was dealing with so many petitions and operating under the assumption that number one, people will not be petty," Lumsden said. "Speaker Moore is a petty person."
(Editor's note from 2019: And truer words were never spoken!)
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