What Counts as Campaigning
According to Article 6 of Elections Code, campaigning is:
- Displays or statements to more than 10 people of intent to run for SGA office
- Fundraising
- Any type of promotional material that contains a slate's logo, name or candidates name
One Student Government Association member was fined for violating the Elections Code before election season had even begun.
Greg Carbo, a sophomore SGA senate member at large, was fined $20 on Feb. 9.
The board voted that Carbo was in violation on Article 6, Section 4D of the SGA Elections Code that states, “campaigning shall not obstruct the normal functions of the university.”
Elections Board Chair Casey Miller said Carbo was found to be obstructing a class between the time it was set to begin and end. He said the obstruction was related to campaign forms, but did not say what Carbo did exactly.
“We consider any disruption from the learning process to be a violation of that code,” Miller said
Carbo was not fined for early campaigning because the board agreed there was a distinct difference between obstruction and early campaigning, Miller said.
Carbo, however, will have a chance to appeal the fine if he so chooses on a later date.
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