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Review Board Cases
Cases of the 311th Review Board
Callen v. Bleiweis
Held that Ms. Bleiweis was not "actively campaigning" by encouraging her friends to vote, as opposed to encouraging her friends to vote for her
Executive v. Senate
Held that "principle officers" can only apply to the head official of a body and not all of the members of a body; and therefore that the SA Executive Appropriations Committee was not subject to Senate confirmation.
Cases of the 312th Review Board
Miller and Tresler v. Elections Commission, appeal
Held that Nathan Miller and Michele Tresler could not appear on the ballot for submitting one of their required forms late.
Jasinski v. Lowe and Elections Commission
Held that Luther Lowe could not be held responsible for the contents of the tribetonightslate.com website because there was "not sufficient evidence" to link him to it; deferred to the Dean of Students office on social class classifications.
Cases of the 313th Review Board
Lakihani v. Elections Commission
Held that Lakhiani could not appear on the ballot for submitting one of his required forms late, despite technical problems.
Brown v. Elections Commission
Held that Brown could was not guilty of "tampering" because of his exceeding of the spending limit.
Slawter v. Elections Commission
Held that the Elections Commission's placement of an incorrect ballot statement, combined with a close race, was sufficient to re-run an election.
Cases of the 314th Review Board
Luther Lowe v. Executive, appeal
Held that a bill needs to be returned to the Senate in order to be properly vetoed. On appeal, President Scofield's informing of three senators was determined to be sufficient to return something to the senate.
Tanious v. Elections Commission
Held that a 15-minute delay in an election starting coupled with a candidate who may or may not have been a student was sufficient to raise "reasonable doubt" in an election decided by one vote; re-ran the election.
Faulkner v. Elections Commission
Held that the Elections Commission provided insufficient publicity for the paper ballot elections in some races in 2007. Also held that any paper ballot election needs to have a mechanism for study abroad and other students to vote.
Cases of the 315th Review Board
Dunn v. Elections Commission
Seeking an injunction against the use of the Student Information Network to conduct elections.
| Case Number: | Not Assigned |
|---|---|
| Filed on: | September 15, 2007 |
| Status: | Withdrawn by Petitioner |
| Petitioners: | Cliff Dunn, Review Board Member |
| Respondents: | Elections Commission |
Case History
9/16/2007: Cliff Dunn has withdrawn the case.
9/16/2007: Cliff Dunn has submitted a request to expedite the hearing of the case.
9/15/2007: Cliff Dunn has recused himself from all involvement with this case as a member of the Review Board, including motions, hearing, and deliberations.
9/15/2007: Petition filed by Cliff Dunn.
Documents
Petitioner Filings
- 9/15/2007: Petition
Kennedy-Shaffer v. SBA et al.
Challenging the Student Bar Association’s appointment of Student Assembly senator(s), and seeking the direct popular election of Student Bar Association senator(s).
| Case Number: | RB 315-002 |
|---|---|
| Filed on: | September 2, 2007 |
| Decided on: | October 3, 2007 |
| Status: | Decided in favor of Respondent, 5-2. |
| Petitioners: | Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, SBA member Joe Luppino-Esposito, Class of 2008 Senator |
| Respondents: | Student Bar Association Student Assembly Senate Graduate Council Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Association MBA Association Graduate Education Association VIMS Graduate Student Association |
Case History
10/24/2007: The deadline to file petitions of appeal lapsed at 12:00 AM tonight. As no petitions of appeal were received, the majority opinion stands.
10/8/2007: Opinions released. The Review Board will accept petitions of appeal until 11:59 PM, Tuesday, October 23.
10/3/2007: Decision reached 5-2 in favor of Respondents. Opinions are forthcoming.
10/3/2007: Hearing held at at 9:00 PM in Tyler 102.
10/1/2007: Hearing rescheduled for October 3, 2007 at 9:00 PM in Tyler 102.
9/22/2007: The hearing has been postponed.
9/14/2007: A hearing has been scheduled for September 23, 2007 at 2:00 PM. We have requested Tyler 102 for the hearing.
9/12/2007: Amended versions of Petition and Response distributed. Will Coggin removed from Petitioners; Joe Luppino-Esposito joined Petitioners. All Graduate student governments, and the Graduate Council, joined Respondents.
9/06/2007: Response recieved from the SBA.
9/02/2007: Petition filed by Alan Kennedy-Shaffer.
Documents
by the Review Board
- 10/8/2007: Majority Opinion
- 10/8/2007: Dissenting Opinion
- 9/22/2007: Posponement Notice
- 9/14/2007: Press Release #1
Petitioner Filings
- 10/3/2007: Petitioner Executive Summary
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Presentation
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Exhibit F - Rebuttal to Certain Statements in SBA Response
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Exhibit E - Petition as Printed in W&M Advocate
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Exhibit D - Draft 1.0 of Current SA Constitution
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Exhibit C - Old SA Constitution
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Exhibit B - Statement by Will Coggin on SBA Response
- 9/21/2007: Petitioner Exhibit A - Op-Ed in W&M Advocate
- 9/12/2007: Petition (as amended)
Respondent Filings
- 10/3/2007: Respondent Exhibit A - Statement by Dave Solimini on SA Constitution
- 9/12/2007: Response (as amended)
Recording of the Hearing (.mp3 format)
Due to technical difficulties, the Opening Arguments were not recorded.
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 20m 34s | Petitioner Discussion |
| 19m 53s | Respondent Discussion |
| 9m 11s | Petitioner Discussion (extension pt. 1) |
| 11m 22s | Respondent Discussion (extension) |
| 1m 53s | Petitioner Discussion (extension pt. 2) |
| 5m 03s | Petitioner Closing Arguments |
| 4m 54s | Respondent Closing Arguments |
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