Student Government election results were delayed Tuesday pending a Judicial Branch review of six election-related cases.
The results, which would have been unofficial, were set to be announced Wednesday in the Journalism Building’s Holliday Forum. A new time and date is yet to be determined, according to the Election Commission’s Instagram.
SG election code requires all Election Court rulings and appeals to the University Court be finalized prior to any results announcement, for decisions could carry disqualifying penalties for campaigns found in violation.
Delays of results are not uncommon in SG elections, with the results of last year’s contest delayed 12 days over judicial complaints and confusion over the election code.
The first election case hearings are scheduled for Friday.
Some of the cases causing the postponement involve allegations that members of the Henderson-Layrisson campaign touched students’ phones while they cast their ballot and mistakenly listed two candidates for the same position and that the Foret-Tatman: Forward campaign misreported campaign spending and disrupted campus tours with loud music, among other contentions.
This SG election has seen many challenges brought to the student Election Court, with the Foret-Tatman: Forward campaign being suspended for bribery on Feb. 24 before being reinstated the week before the election by Dean of Students Fran’Cee Brown-McClure.
Correction: A previous version of this story said that one of the ongoing cases involved an allegation that the Unite campaign mistakenly listed two candidates for the same position. The allegation actually involves the Henderson-Layrisson campaign, and the case was brought to the Election Court by the Unite campaign.