Daniel Miguel was elected Student Government Association president at Kendall Campus\u2014again.<\/p>\n
Miguel was originally named the winner of the Kendall Campus elections, which were held\u00a0 from April 9 through 11. But a special election for president was held on April 18 after a complaint accusing Miguel of violating several campaigning rules was filed with campus administration by his opponent Marisol Capellan.<\/p>\n
On April 19, results of the special election were announced: Daniel earned 613 votes, while Capellan tallied 345 votes.<\/p>\n
According to an April 12 email complaint, Capellan said Miguel allegedly \u201ccampaigned around restricted areas, started his campaign ahead of scheduled time, posted campaign material in Student Life areas and used sound systems outside the allowed time frames.\u201d<\/p>\n
Capellan said Miguel campaigned at the Koffee\u00a0 House, on Facebook and went \u201ccomputer by computer in the computer courtyard\u201d on election day, the complaint said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy opponent Daniel Miguel was campaigning ahead of time on Facebook,\u201d the email said. \u201cThe day of the meeting I was told that I couldn\u2019t give out any flyers during my campaign. But on April 10 and 11, little flyers of my opponent and his vice president had been given out in areas that we weren\u2019t allowed to campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the SGA Kendall Campus 2012-2013 Elections Packet, \u201csound systems, stereos, speakers can be used during activity hour only with prior permission.\u201d\u00a0 It also says \u201ccandidates are not allowed to campaign in the Library, Computer Courtyard or within 100 ft. surrounding designated voting areas on election days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Veronica Owles, Kendall Campus\u2019 Dean of Students, said a reelection was \u201cthe fairest way to resolve the issues that were brought forth.\u201d
\n\u201cI do not feel as though there was foul play,\u201d Owles said. \u201cI believe there were rules that were violated because they were unclear to both candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Owles, both candidates met with her to discuss a reelection. They settled on a date. Both candidates were allowed to campaign two days prior to the special election for three hours by the Koffee House while Owles supervised.<\/p>\n
Leslie Wilson, Kendall Campus\u2019 Student Life director and Student Government Association advisor, declined comment regarding the incident.<\/p>\n
Miguel denied Capellan\u2019s accusations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only rule that I broke was music,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know it was a rule. Once I was told I couldn’t do it, I turned it off. I also posted a photo on Facebook before the campaigning period.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe music and photo on Facebook were mistakes I made because it wasn’t specified in the packet. And after they were made clear to me, I abided by those rules.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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