By James Keller
With last year’s general election riddled with glitches and complaints, the Students’ Union passed a new bylaw that will help them try, try again. That is, if they want to.During a Students’ Legislative Council meeting on Aug. 20, 11 councillors unanamously voted in favor of the On-Line Election Procedure. The bylaw outlines how on-line elections… Continue reading SU on-line voting
The United Alternative may not be an official party, but it’s not quite dead. In an attempt to further the cause of uniting the Reform Party with the federal Progressive Conservatives, the UA steering committee launched its Western Canada student wing–Youth4UAWest–at the University of Calgary last Thursday afternoon. "These young people [will] generate support for… Continue reading United Alternative launches youth movement at U of C
By Natalie Sit
Newly elected Academic Commissioners Kassim Amery and Birju Dattani’s campaigns violated six election bylaws during the Students’ Union by-election according to an SU vice-president. Phrases like “campaigns hijacked democracy,” “poor moral character,” and “bylaws were violated with impunity” described two unidentified candidates’ campaigns in the SU Chief Returning Officer’s by-election report to the Students’ Legislative… Continue reading Election Fraud?