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Bylaw confusion sends presidency to runoff DSG election results President—RUNOFF* CJ. Walsh-32.46% Sean Young-25.63% Jimmy Carter— 2l.96% David Cummings— l2.s6% Vik Devisetty— B.B4%
Executive Vice President,
Drew Ensign-72.01%
Henry Ho-25.27%
VP for ComrrmnU Interaction
Came Johnson—s2.o3%
Bunia Parker—4s.94%
VP for Student Affairs
Joshua Jean-Baptiste—79.s7% Allen Thompson—lB.B%
VP for Academic Affairs Abhijit Prabhu—93.4%
VP for Facilities and At Matthew 510vik—94.62%
By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle
It’s not Florida, but last night’s Duke Student Government election will likely incite plenty of debate and confusion. Juniors C.J. Walsh and Sean Young will head into a runoff for the DSG presidency next Wednesday, even though or-
ganizational precedent would have de-
clared Walsh the winner. The two candidates, who received 32.4 and 25.6 percent respectively, will continue to campaign because neither candidate re-
ceived 50 percent majority, Attorney General Jessica Budoff announced late last night. DSG bylaws state “a runoff election will be held for any position in which the candidate receiving the most votes did not receive over 50 percent of the vote and did not receive a plurality of six percent of those voting over his or her nearest opponent. The top two finishers will compete in the runoff election.” Under these bylaws, all previous attorneys general have ruled that the condition for a runoff is two-fold: the leading candidate receives less than 50 percent of the vote and also leads by less than 6 points. For example, current DSG President Jordan Bazinsky was elected last year with 25.8 percent of the vote, 9.2 points more than the next candidate. However, Budoff believes the bylaw requires a winning candidate to gamer more than 50 percent of the vote as well as a 6 percent margin of victory. “I see how [one] could a make such an argument, but this is what Fm going
with,” Budoff said. “This is how I understand what it says.... It’s unfortunate that previous commissions abided by one standard when another standard was written.” Young agreed with Budoffs interpretation. “It’s worded confusingly, and I think that because there’s confusion, the right thing to do is to have a runoff,” he said. Under this year’s interpretation, Young would not have won his current position as vice president for community interaction because he won 51.2 percent of the vote to his opponent’s 48.8 percent in last year’s runoff. Walsh said he would not file a complaint and looks forward to a runoff. “I’m not from DSG, I’m the outsider. 1 don’t know how this all works,” he said. Former two-term DSG executive vice president Rusty Shappley, Trinity ‘OO, who led last year’s bylaw review, said he hopes Budoff will re-examine her decision. He argued that the rules are complex but clearly state that a runoff is unwarranted. “I’m a little surprised by this decision to have the runoff. I think [Budoff has] done a commendable job as attorney general, but hopefully she’ll re-evaluate her ruling,” Shappley said. “I think the bylaw is worded somewhat confusingly but this was the only way for the commission to write it in one decision.” Executive Vice President Drew Ensign, who was re-elected overwhelmingly, said he understands both arguments and is unsure how the chief justice will See DSG ELECTION on page 8
Team ticket bill Duke meets UNC as underdog heads to House By PAUL DORAN The Chronicle
By JAMES HERRIOTT The Chronicle
North Carolina voters will have one fewer state official to choose in 2004 if state Sen. Tony Rand has anything to do about it. The Senate voted 41-9 Tuesday to approve a plan, known as the team ticket bill. Rather than electing lieutenant governors separately, voters would choose a governor-lieutentant governor team—similar to the way the president and vice president are elected nationally. The bill must next gain approval from the House of Representatives and then pass a general referendum. The lieutenant governor presides over the Senate, is first in line to succeed the governor if the office becomes vacant and sits on several state boards, such as the Board of Education and the Board of Community Colleges. “I think it’s a more efficient way of doing government,” said Rand, a Cumberland Democrat, pointing to the potential difficulties of having a governor and lieutenant governor from opposing parties. “What you would really have is a governor and lieutenant governor who are philosophically in tune, and would have mutual respect for each other. I don’t think anybody could imagine President George Bush having Senator [Joseph] Lieberman as vice president.” Rep Paul Luebke, D-Durham, disagreed, saying See TEAM TICKET on page 9
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This was supposed to be the big one. High stakes poker, all the chips in the center. ACC regular season title. Top-seed in the ACC tournament. NCAA No. 1 seed on the line. Everything to play for in the last regular season game of the 2000-2001 season. The first time these two would meet to fight for those titles in three years. Then the unthinkable happened. Duke lost, at home, on senior day, to a team that had recently been beat by lowly Florida State. After the loss to Maryland, there will be no high stakes or fuzzy numbers to be decided this Sunday, when No. 2 Duke takes on No. 4 North Carolina at 3:30 p.m. in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels clinched the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament and at least a share on the ACC regular season title and ifthey emerge victorious Sunday, they would almost certainly have a No. 1 NCAA tournament seed in the bag. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils cannot fall below No. 2 in the ACC and DURING SUNDAY’S REMATCH, senior Brendan Haywood will be matched up against See UNC PREVIEW on page 18 � either backup center Casey Sanders or forward Shane Battier.