Another tough one

Editorial about campaigns. The good punchline:

Students angry about facing an onslaught of signs in April are in effect saying two different things. Yes, the electioneering efforts can sometimes seem disingenuous or even annoying. But implicit in such a criticism is a feeling of being ignored for the rest of the year. And in a frustrating full circle, it is most frequently elections that occupy the time of ASUC officials and prevent them from more effectively serving students.

The not-quite-on-the-ball statement:

If one were to look through the events at the beginning and end of the ASUC administrations in the past few years, one would see a consistent pattern of election controversies limiting the ability of the ASUC to get real work done. And it has to stop.

I don't think things would go any better in the ASUC if there were no election controversies. It still is the only exposure that many students get to the ASUC, which is the problem.

Whoever is elected can best earn the confidence of students not by positioning themselves as the true voice of voters, but by turning away from elections and toward what got them elected.

... wouldn't that be "elections"?

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 4/13/2007 12:02:00 AM #
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Comments:

The editorial is wrong. A preliminary tabulation of election results will be released next week.

The bill was passed earlier this semester. (http://www.asuc.org/documentation/view.php?type=bills&id=782)

# posted by  Anonymous : 2:58 AM, April 13, 2007

 

The editorial is right. (I never expected to say that) The results will not be made official (i.e. not preliminary) until later.

# posted by  Beetle Aurora Drake : 8:35 AM, April 13, 2007

 

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