Board run-off election winners announced

The final results of the election for next year's Sophomore and Junior Class Boards were announced last night, after three grievances in connection with Monday's run-off elections were filed Monday night. The Class of 1997 elected Engineering freshman Neil Sheth as its sophomore class president after a grievance against him was dismissed. The grievance was filed against him by the opposing candidate and College freshman Alan Waxman, Junior Class Boards Chairperson of Elections Leonard Cooperman said last night. Two grievances were filed against College sophomore Caroline Waldman, who ran for the office of College of Arts and Sciences representative. After the grievances were dismissed, Waldman and Lauren Lazare were elected to the representative positions. Michael Chin, another candidate for the College representative position, filed one of the grievances against Waldman. The other was filed by newly-elected Junior Class Board Treasurer Elliot Hyun, a College sophomore. All three grievances were filed in reference to the same section of the Class Boards' policy. "There will be absolutely no campaigning nor availability of campaign literature by the candidate or anyone associated with the candidate within 75 feet of the polling location," section 2.e. of the Class Boards election code states. Cooperman said the current Junior Class Board, who runs the Sophomore and Junior Class Board elections, decided "[the candidates] were in violation of the code, but they did not bias the election." "The Class of 1995 Board interviewed the complainants, the candidates and those who campaigned on their behalf," Cooperman added. "[We] decided that although there were technical violations neither incident was significant to bias an election." Cooperman said it was a "shame" that grievances "have to occur." "But it's a process that should happen and must happen," he added. On Monday, Cooperman announced that College sophomore Melissa Chang defeated College sophomore Liz Kane for the position of Junior Class secretary in the other run-off contest that day.