Delta Force accused of election violation

Thursday, April 12, 2007

With Student Senate elections underway, hostility between the United Students and Delta Force coalitions continues to grow.

United Students filed an elections code violation complaint on Wednesday morning against Delta Force for using mass e-mails to remind students to vote. The Elections Commission will hear the complaint Monday evening, along with a previous defamation complaint against United Students by Delta Force.

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We used something with our candidates to remind their friends to vote.

-Jason Boots, Plano, Texas senior and Student Body President

The election code in question regulates “token,” which is any non-paper campaign material distributed to individuals, including e-mails.

The interpretation of the rule states that campaign e-mails must be addressed to student’s individual addresses. E-mails sent on distribution lists, where individual addresses are not typed but a list server is used, is in violation of the code.

The complaint filed claims that Delta Force used a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to create a mass mailing list of student e-mails.

Studie Red Corn, Shawnee junior and Delta Force member, said a list of e-mails was created but that addresses were entered individually.

“The code says an e-mail can’t be sent out over a Listserv, we had people working hard to insert every e-mail address so it’s within the code,” Red Corn said.

Red Corn also said that both the Delta Force and Ignite coalitions used the technique last year to remind students to vote.

Jason Boots, Plano, Texas, senior and Student Body President, said Ignite used a similar process last year.

“We used something with our candidates to remind their friends to vote,” Boots said.

Ray Wittlinger, Olathe junior and vice presidential nominee for United Students, said you simply can’t send mass e-mails.

Jack Connor, Overland Park junior and Delta Force member, said the coalition didn’t break any rules.

The Elections Commission was unavailable for a response.

Elections continue today online and at polling sites on Wescoe Beach and Mrs. E’s. Voting ends at 4 p.m.

Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.

— Edited by Mark Vierthaler

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