Well, there we go

Jessica Wren reports that her temporary rule was approved by the Judicial Council. Rachel Smith dissents sensibly:

Despite ECC Wren's stated intention to publicize the proposed extension widely through flyers, notices in the Daily Cal, and emails to student listserves, this proposed temporary rule does not equally affect all potential candidates and proposal authors. The authors of the three propositions are the only ones who might be able to take advantage of this extension, as other potential proposition authors would not be able to have their propositions considered and voted on by the ASUC Senate prior to the proposed new filing deadline of March 22, 2007.

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Merely missing a deadline does not, in fact, make for an "urgent situation".

Unfortunately, Kate Feng, Marisa Cuevas and Aurora Masum-Javed think that it affects all candidates and propositions equally to extend a deadline for the sole purpose of allowing the proponents of three referenda to put them on the ballot.

We now have the following oddity: The candidate's meeting, where the ballot is set up, takes place on Tuesday. The end of the filing period is Thursday. What happens if someone files after the candidate's meeting?

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 3/19/2007 12:55:00 AM #
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Comments:

ooh! Good one! I smell a charge sheet cooking!

If a candidate files after the Candidate's Meeting, they wouldn't be able to run as part of a slate because the Party Filing Forms are due by the Point of No Return.
They'd have to run as independents, so placing them on the ballot won't be so difficult with assigning ballot numbers, etc.

Wouldn't it have just been so much easier if they'd just denied my temporary rule?

# posted by  Anonymous : 1:27 AM, March 19, 2007

 

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If a candidate files after the Candidate's Meeting, they wouldn't be able to run as part of a slate because the Party Filing Forms are due by the Point of No Return.
They'd have to run as independents, so placing them on the ballot won't be so difficult with assigning ballot numbers, etc. "

Isn't that violating the rights of parties? And the rights of the candidates for that matter... It's a mess already.

# posted by  Anonymous : 1:32 AM, March 19, 2007

 

It'll take twenty-five bucks to cause another hilarious shitstorm. What about ordering of independent candidates?

The legally correct thing to do, of course, is to move the candidates' meeting to the Tuesday after spring break. But that schedule would be cramped as hell. (Actually, the legally correct thing to do is for the Senators to submit their propositions on time)

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 1:52 AM, March 19, 2007

 

why not just allow propositions past the deadline but not candidates. if the j council is willing to throw out the constitution and extend the deadline, why not extend it just for props--thats what the issue is, not cands.

# posted by  Anonymous : 1:58 AM, March 19, 2007

 

The reason the filing deadline is extended is specifically to avoid having to throw out the constitution, which only defines the time limit based on the filing deadline, but does not say when the filing deadline should be.

Then again, I really don't think this fits with the "intent" of the constitution, and disapprove of this kind of constitutional ju jitsu. The worst part is that there seems to be no opportunity for other folks who are affected to make a case or appeal or anything, though judging from the dissent, it wouldn't have helped here. The only thing left is theatrics, and Jessica's plate is already full.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 2:08 AM, March 19, 2007

 

I don't see why the deadline just doesn't apply to the propositions...

# posted by  Anonymous : 11:46 AM, March 19, 2007

 

http://berkeley.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2257047828

this guy is now running a facebook ad asking for people to join his slate!

# posted by  Anonymous : 11:48 AM, March 19, 2007

 

Again, you need to read the constitutional provision to see why the deadline cannot only apply to propositions. Propositions cannot be placed on the ballot after "the end of the candidate filing period."

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 2:26 PM, March 19, 2007

 

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