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daily nebraskan
tunsday, february 10, 1981
Student Court: VOTE party not violating rules
Uy Mary Louise Knapp
A party running in the ASl'N election did not violate
election rules by the use of its name according to a dec
latory judgement handed down in Student Court.
The judgment, unanimously approved by seven Stu
dent Court justices, said the VOTE (Viable Opportunities
tor Total Efficiency) party could not be prohibited from
using the acronym undei existing rules. It also said Stu
dent Court would take an "unfavorable view" ol the
matter ,f the ASl'N I doctoral Commission weie to .it
tempt to make a rule prohibiting the use ol the acronvm.
The ludmnent was in iesponse to a petition filed in
Student Court U the llcUoul Commission which said
the use ol the actons in VOII might iinpan a tan election.
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he "instinctive use" of the word "vote" in campaign
liteiiiture might lie construed as an endorsement ,, iu.
VOl I party. I lie pet il ion slated.
Steve McMahon, the VOTE party's candidate l,.,
ASl'N president, said lie was pleased with the conn'.,
decision and called il "our victory."
"I he court's decision is extremely pleasing to us, " K
said, "not only because it reaffirmed what we had behe
eil for the duration ol the controversy, hut also because it
was a unanimous decision."
McMahon said the VO'FT. party felt the issue was
"much ado about nothing."
"We have felt all along that there was no real con
flict which needed to be resolved," he said.
Concern about VOTE
McMahon said he had been approached betme hi,
campaign announcement by ASl'N president Rencr
Wessles and director Kim Weiland, director of the l ie t
oral Commission, who informed him that several stiidcnis
had expressed concern about the use of the acionun
VO IT .
At that lime, he said, he was aware a possible conflict
could arise.
"However, we stuck by o u guns and remianed tuniK
convinced that we were completely within the nilev"
he said.
McMahon said he heard from several students that the
case was "so open anil shut it wasn't really opened tot de
bate." The decision was handed down in a closed Student
Court session, so the VOTT party did not hear discussion
of the issue, he said.
"Our party name simply confirmed all that we stand
for." he said. "We didn't choose it to create any sort of
controversy. We chose it because it is totally consistent
with what we stand for and what we believe.'"
"We want students to vote in the ASUN election."
he said. Hut "more importantly, we want them to vote tor
a totally efficient approach to student government, and
by that I mean making the most of the resoureces that ate
available to ASl'N."
"Those people who are opposed to the usage of VOII.
as our acronym are clearly opposed to our most b;iv
and fundamental principles," McMahon said.
Formal apology requested
"Additionally , we feel that the instigators of the ic
quest for the declaratory judgement owe the student
of the campus a formal and public apology, tor behevm.'
that students wouldn't he able to distinguish betue-i:
our party name and instructions to vote," he said.
"If this is the way our elected representative ,i'.
then a cleaning of house is in order." he said .
ASUN filing deadline nears
for position on spring ballot
Students wishing to file tor candidacy in the ASl
election have until Feb. IK at 4 p.m. to do so, according
to Kim Weiland, director of the Electoral Commission
The same goes for all student parties and all proposed
amendments to the ASUN constitution or referendums to
be placed on the ballot.
All candidates must file financial statements of cam
paign expenditures m the ASl'N office by March 4 .it 4
p.m. Write-in candidates must file financial statements by
March 5 at 4 p.m.
I dine tonus, copies of election rules, and copies ";
the ASl'N institution aic available in the ASCN nttc
Angel Flight udl hold its
weekly meeting tonight at 7
on the second Hour of the
Military and Naval Science
Building.
ITC-Culturc Center will
have a meeting today at 4
in the Nebraska Union.
Room 1 1 7B
There will be a Student
I ducat ion Association
meeting tonight at 7 in the
Nebraska Union. Room
number will be posted
Only j few seats are
left for Spring Break Baha
mas Trip, (all UPC-East
472 ! 7H0 for reservations
and details
hhn: forms tor ASUN
elections are available ; , t!
ASUN oltice. Room 115
Nebraska Union.
Students wishing to be
considered for nomination
by the university for a
Federal Summer Internship
should contact the coordin
ator for Experimental Edu
cation. Room 1218 OUt at h
er. Positions are open for
graduate students with de
greces in business adminis
tration, political science,
economics or other human
services programs and und
ergraduates with back
grounds in chemistry, math
ematics or life sciences. All
applicants must be planning
to return to school in the
fall The application dead
line is March 2.
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