February 10, 2006
View Comments | Post CommentZ Got Disqualified, Appealed, Was Vindicated, Still Lost
So, Z was disqualified for several things, including the video. After many warnings about campaign materials containing "GULC" or "Georgetown," Nuf sent out a message from a Facebook group, "Georgetown University Law Center," saying that the group officially endorsed Zeeshan for SBA President. The Elections Committee felt this was improper, since the group had no leadership nor procedures for voting or endorsements, and because the message contained Georgetown's name. In addition, they said the video was negative campaigning and offensive, and therefore improper. So, they disqualified him, and barred him from any further campaigning, but left his name on the ballot.
The Elections Committee was looking for any excuse to get rid of Z, because he was running from outside the SBA structure. And they did. But he appealed. The Judiciary Committee decided to re-enter him in the race, so he was somewhat vindicated. But they also voted not to hold a revote, and that his suspension from campaigning couldn't be appealed. Z was 35 votes short of making the runoff election. His entire second day of campaigning was taken from him. He was scheduled to talk to the LLMs and the evening students, and could very likely have picked up another 35 votes. Oh, well. There's no possible way he could have beat Beau in th runoff, so he wouldn't have been President anyway.
Posted at February 10, 2006 6:20 PM | Comments (6)
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Do you know if Frank gets his emailing privileges back for the runoff? I think that really hamstrung his campaign from the beginning. In a campus campaign that doesn't allow canvassing, email has to be one of the biggest tools there is.
Posted by: Nuf at February 10, 2006 7:12 PM
I don't know. It would make sense. Yeah, I think that really hurt his campaign. With Z'd endorsement and emailing, he might have a chance.
Posted by: David Barzelay at February 11, 2006 12:46 AM
I think Bo's outside the SBA system as well. Vid endorsed Frank.
Posted by: Ben at February 11, 2006 7:13 PM
Yeah, Beau is kinda outside the system, though not at all to the same degree as Z. Anyway, I really liked Beau and his platform. I thought he was a great candidate, and he had a lot of good stuff to say.
Posted by: David Barzelay at February 11, 2006 8:17 PM
Seeing as how you like Beau so much, who's to say you didn't post that video to get Z in trouble and help your boy out. Tisk, tisk!
Posted by: Anonymous at February 13, 2006 12:47 PM
Dam, Barzelay, I can't believe you would sabotage me!
-Z-
Posted by: Zeeshan at February 13, 2006 4:05 PM
