Voting opens for the OUSA Elections for the 2012 Executive this Monday October 10 at 9am, and runs until 4pm on Thursday October 13.
Incumbent President Logan Edgar has been running an aggressive campaign, with posters around campus and a Youtube video featuring endorsements from various politicians and celebrities, including one from porn king Steve Crow. The video also features a naked male, celebrity scarfie journalist Lozz Holding, engaging in manscaping whilst showing off his ample guns.
However, some individual has been tearing Edgar’s posters down, with Edgar describing the person destroying his posters as “a dog, a subversive, the kind of person that pistol-whips your Grandmother then steals her knitting money and spends it shooting up nutmeg in a darkened alley while fellating a sheep.”
An eyewitness described the individual as a “hipster”.
Returning Officer Jonathan Rowe told Critic that the campaigns are running smoothly, with the candidates “just getting out there and doing their own thing.” At the time of going to print, no serious formal complaints had been lodged against any of the candidates.
However, Critic understands that a formal complaint is to be filed against incumbent President Logan Edgar for breaching the election rules by using his OUSA office for campaigning purposes.
The process for making a formal complaint is available to any candidate or member of OUSA. Complaints must be made to the Returning Officer, who will investigate the alleged breach of the election rules and decide appropriate action based on the seriousness of the breach. Penalties for breaches of the rules range from having votes deducted from the candidate’s overall total, to disqualification in more serious situations.
In 2008, the independent election arbitrator disqualified the initial winner of the Presidential election, commerce student Jo Moore, after she exceeded spending limits and ran voting stations offering beer to students.
Following the closing of the voting polls, the election results will be announced anytime from 5.15pm on October 13 in the Gazebo Lounge. Full results will also be available on the OUSA website later in the evening.
Annual measure of student apathy this week
