Elections Commission removes student senator from seat

Monday, April 26, 2010

KUnited candidate Kelly Cosby was removed from her junior/senior College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seat during an Elections Commission hearing Friday.

Student Body President-Elect Michael Wade Smith said Cosby didn’t have enough credit hours completed to run for a junior/senior position. Senators in CLAS are separated into two categories, freshman/sophomore and junior/senior, by their credit hours. Students running for a junior/senior position must have 60 hours completed at the time they are running for a seat.

Candidates must also obtain a stamp from the dean’s office that verifies they are eligible to run.

“We made an honest mistake,” Smith said. “We got that dean stamp — didn’t think it was an issue.”

Smith did not contest the decision.

“It could’ve been an error on our part or her part,” Smith said. “It was certainly nothing malicious”

The commission also fined KUnited $25, which Smith paid after the hearing.

Envision candidate Sameer Sharma, a senior from Overland Park, received the next highest amount of votes and will take Cosby’s seat.

ENVISION CANDIDATES AWAIT DECISION

The appeal hearing for Envision candidates Ross Ringer and Devon Cantwell against the commission’s ruling to remove Ringer and Cantwell from the ballot was also held on Friday. A University Governance judicial board did not make a decision and will release a written decision within 30 days.

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