Recently an article was run regarding my classmate, Eric Johnson, and his bid for Student Trustee. It suggested that the failure of certain other candidates to fully comply with election regulations should be treated as a small “clerical error” and nothing more. Nonsense. All three candidates were fully informed of their responsibilities and knew or should have known that their signatures were required on every page of their petitions. The election rules were propagated for a reason. If the Northern Star disagrees with those rules it should condemn the rules themselves, not Mr. Johnson. The argument that if Eric were to win on a “technicality” he would not truly represent the students is nonsensical. If the other candidates have indeed violated election regulations they are not actually standing as candidates at all. They have, in essence, demonstrated either their ignorance of election rules or a lack of attentiveness during the election process, both of which speak volumes about their potential effectiveness as trustees. The Star ought to be investigating the other candidates’ failures to correctly submit critical election documents, not attacking the only candidate willing to stand up for the laws that make the democratic process possible on our campus.

Reilly W. Thomas
college of law graduate student

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