<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear Undergrads,<br><br>I am writing to you at the request of Jeffrey Sperling and Nathan Varady, candidates for UA President/Vice President. Following our sanctions against their campaign, they appealed to the UA Judicial Board, which just issued a ruling on the matter. The ruling reaffirmed that their campaign violated the Election Code's prohibition against excessive emailing, but relaxed the sanction prohibiting electronic communication to one prohibiting email communication only. The ruling also found that<b> </b>they did <i>not</i> violate MIT policy.[*] Lastly, the ruling allowed Jeffrey and Nathan to request that the Election Commission send another email to undergraduates<b> </b>explaining the ruling. They have chosen to exercise that right, and hence this email.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#000000">The ruling additionally allowed them to request that we clarify the exact number of official complaints we received. As the Election Code does not define "official complaint," we gave the Judicial Board a conservative estimate of five direct complaints via email, which we deem to be a substantial number. We received 5-10 verbal complaints as well, but those can obviously not be verified.</font></div>
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</div><div class="im"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font color="#000000">Thank you for your time, </font><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38);line-height:16px">and especially for emailing us with your concerns. Though this process can sometimes be difficult, it also reminds us of the passion and care that we all share for a fair and effective student government.</span><font color="#000000"><br>
<br>Best regards,</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br>Leonid Grinberg<br>Chair, UA Election Commission<br><br></font><div><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000">[*] The Judicial Board followed up with IS&T, which sent an email that explained that "[i]f it could be shown that the student had prior knowledge or had asked and was told that emailing in this manner was unacceptable then that information might change the decision." Therefore, the Commission strongly advises all of you to continue refraining from using this method for communicating with undergraduates in the future.</font></div>
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