'Delayed outcome
The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, February 17, 19883
Due to computer error, senior class election results inconclusive
By MANDY SPENCE
Staff Writer
Due to a computer malfunction,
the results of the election for senior
class officers were inconclusive, Julie
Miller, Elections Board chairwoman,
said early this morning.
"The senior class computer card is
not being properly read," Miller said.
The reason for the malfunction was
not discovered until the results for all
but one precinct were reported.
"The senior class computer card
was misprogrammed,' she said. "It
was an easily correctable error, thank
goodness."
Unofficial results for the senior
class officers election were re
tabulated early this morning, Miller
said.
The preliminary results showed
Steve Tepper and David Adams as
the unofficial winners for the office
of senior class president and vice
president. However, the preliminary
results may not indicate the race's
final outcome, Miller said.
The candidates for president and
vice president said the preliminary
results did not at all indicate the true
outcome of the race.
"I think they're (Tepper and
Adams) strong candidates, but in
some way we all are strong," presi
dential candidate Todd Sparger said.
There will definitely be a runoff,
Sparger said, and he hopes he and
his running mate, Anita Gillis, will
be in it.
Many of the candidates for senior
class offices said they thought the
results were obviously wrong.
"The computer system is com
pletely messed up," presidential
candidate Pat Sarsfield said. "Kim
(Jordan) and I figured that Lewis and
the North Campus area would be our
strong point. We only got one vote
at that pollsite. Obviously we have
no way of knowing if these results
are indicative."
Anna Shedden and Jamie McLaw
horn said the Campus Y should have
been their strong area.
"We know five to six times that
number (recorded for the Campus Y
pollsite) would have voted," Shedden
said.
Elections Board officials said this
morning that the races for senior class
secretary and treasuere were too close
to predict.
Representatives voted into Student Congress
By JACKIE DOUGLAS
and JENNY CLONINGER
Staff Writers
Student Congress positions in 20
voting districts were filled with
choices from the ballot as well as with
write-in choices Tuesday night during
campus elections.
These results are unofficial, but the
ballots will be rechecked by the
elections board and finalized by
Thursday evening, Julie Miller,
Elections Board chairwoman, said
early this morning.
; Representatives from 20 districts
make up the legislative branch of
Student Government. The first nine
districts represent graduate students,
and the remaining 11 represent
undergraduates.
The new ly-elected representative in
District 1 is Jamie Thomasson.
Thomasson defeated her opponent,
David Edquist, 123-78.
Scott Dratch, a write-in candidate,
won the legislative seat in District 2.
Gillian Floren won the District 3
seat, also as a write-in candidate.
Jurgen Buchenau, who ran unop
posed for the District 4 seat, was
elected with 1 1 1 votes.
Curtis Small ran unopposed in
District 5, winning with 54 votes.
Jim Mock won the uncontested
District 6 seat with 46 votes.
Write-in candidate Susan Kirshner
was elected to the District 7 position.
Pablo Valencia won in District 8
as a write-in choice.
Another write-in candidate, M.
Maderia, was elected to the District
9 seat.
David Turlington and Ken Costner
defeated Rob Benton in the contest
for District 10, which has two
representatives. Turlington received
86 votes, Costner received 68, and
Benton received 41.
Carolyn Corr ran unopposed for
the seat in District 11. She received
228 votes.
District 12 will be represented by
Neil Riemann, who received 99 votes,
and Donnie Esposito, who received
54 votes. The pair defeated Paul
Holcombe, who had 38 votes.
Brock Dickinson ran unopposed in
N District 13 and received 276 votes.
Stephanie Ahlschwede and Bobby
Ferris filled the two seats in District
14. Ahlschwede received 132 votes
and Ferris received 94. There were
no other candidates for the positions.
Jay Horton won the position in
District 15 with 186 votes.
The three open positions in District
16 were filled by Laura Snideman,
Gavin Sundwall and Robert Beatty.
Snideman received 85 votes, and
Beatty and Sundwall each received
50 votes.
Shellie Berlin, with 30 votes, and
Katherine Hortenstine, with 29 votes,
defeated Mary Lisa Pories, who
received 10 votes, for the two avail
able positions in District 17.
Gene Davis was unopposed on the
ballot, and received 71 votes in
District 18. The district has two
representative positions, and write-in
SBP
candidates J. McCall, M. Lotspeich
and A. Hodges tied for the other
positions, with two votes each.
Harry Bleattler and David McNeill
filled the two available representative
seats in District 19. Bleattler received
38 votes, and McNeill received 58
votes.
District 20 was open, but was filled
with write-in choices. Lisa Madry
received 12 votes. Gretchen Knight
and C. Rouse tied for the other spot,
with five votes each. Ties can be
eliminated in several ways, Miller
said. Candidates may be disqualified
if they do not file a financial form
listing campaign expenses with the
Elections Board by 5 p.m. today, she
said.
If the person chosen for the office
was a write-in candidate, they may
not be interested and may resign,
Miller said.
If ties are not eliminated in these
ways, the candidates will be involved
in next Tuesday's runoff, she said.
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centrated on. I attribute a lot of my
success to the people working for
me."
; Martin said he thinks he will be
able to do well against Yelverton.
"He's a real strong candidate, that's
obvious, but I think I'm a real strong
candidate too," Martin said. "We
have some momentum going."
Poston said although he is very
excited about finishing third, he is
planning to appeal the outcome
because of an article that appeared
in Tuesday's Daily Tar Heel that he
said misrepresented him.
"I think that my finish is a major
victory for the conservative move
ment on this campus," Poston said.
"But I'm planning to appeal this
election since the article in today's
paper unfairly attacked me."
Beasley said that although he
expected a third place finish, he was
happy with his supporters' efforts. He
said he was somewhat surprised that
Keith Poston did so well, because
Poston has little experience in Stu
dent Government.
"I'm very happy about the effort
my people and I put forth," Beasley
said. "It's just unfortunate that one
month means more than two years
(of experience)."
Lewis said he was somewhat
disappointed by the results because
he thought he'd finish higher.
"I thought I would get more votes,
but it is hard to tell from the inside
of a campaign," Lewis said. "All day
there seemed to be more people
voting, but there weren't."
Rierson said she's happy with her
efforts because so many good can
didates ran this year.
"I could have done better, but I'm
not disappointed in myself," Rierson
RHA
said. "Student Government will be in
good condition next year, no matter
who's elected."
Maynard said that although he
thought he ran a good campaign, he
was disappointed for his supporters.
Brian Bailey, current student body
president, said that although he isn't
surprised with the order of finish, he
is surprised by the margin of victory.
"There were a lot of strong can
didates in this year's election," Bailey
said. "The people working the
winners' campaigns is what told the
story tonight."
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'. Cobb received the most votes in
the majority of the voting districts,
with strong showings in Hinton
James and Granville. Zellmer took
the most votes in Lewis Residence
Hall and the law school polishes,
While Randolph was the clear winner
in Carmichael Residence Hall.
; "I'm really happy to see how things
turned out in James," Cobb said. "It's
good to see the voters support me
in my own area. I was surprised I
did as well as I did in the North
Campus dorms.
Funding
"I expected Jimmy to do well in
Carmichael and Paula in Lewis.
That's their home territories," he said.
But he said he was surprised
Zellmer did not make a better
showing overall.
Cobb said he had been optimistic
about the election.
"I felt I would be able to make it
to the runoff," he said.
Randolph also said he was very
pleased with the outcome of the
election.
"We were hoping to overcome the
fact that I was not in Suite B (RHA
office) this year, and I think we have,"
he said.
"I guess I'm definitely happy
because I thought I was the underdog
going in," he said. "The votes I got
were because people believed in me."
Randolph said he was surprised
Cobb took such a large lead in the
race.
"As similar as our platforms were,
we would have been looking at a
three-way logjam if it hadn't been for
the endorsements," he said.
Cobb said he would rather have
won the election without a runoff, but
he was not disappointed with the
results.
"Anytime there are three strong
candidates in a race like this, it's tough
to come away with one winner," he
said.
Randolph said he thought the
number of votes he and Zellmer
received was so close, the results
could change once the tabulations
become official.
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approved by 65 percent of voters.
Neil Riemann, chairman of the
Student Congress Finance Commit
tee, said students showed greater
support for the $1 increase because
it was designated to a specific cause.
"Students dont really mind paying
for a good cause," he said. "I'm glad
to see that students saw the potential
of STV."
: A referendum limiting the student
Editor
body treasurer to an advisory role on
the congress was approved by 72
percent of the voters, and 61 percent
approved a referendum moving the
inauguration dates for all campus
officers, except The Daily Tar Heel
editor, to the first Tuesday in April.
Stuart Hathaway, chairman of the
Student Congress Rules and Judi
ciary Committee, said he was happy
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the changes were approved.
"Students saw the need to change
the system," he said. "I'm glad truth
and justice won in the end."
The sixth referendum on Tuesday's
ballot, which was approved by 75
percent of the voters, will allow six
organization names to be removed
from the Student Constitution. The
groups are no longer bodies of
Student Government.
Hathaway said he was surprised
such a large percentage of students
voted against the changes.
"Why hundreds of students would
vote against cutting out the names
of organizations that no longer exist
is beyond me," he said.
paign strategies, but she said cam
paigning door-to-door is very
important.
; "That's when I actually get to find
out what people think of the paper,"
Leinwand said.
Current DTH editor Jill Gerber
said the close results were not a
surprise.
"I knew there would be a runoff,
but I wasn't sure who would be
involved," she said. "I think we all
expected it would be a tight race."
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By LYNNE McCLINTOCK
Staff Writer
The student body re-elected
Carol Geer as president of Carol
ina Athletic Association, based on
unofficial election results tabu
lated early this morning.
Geer, who received about 5,969
votes, ran unopposed. About 25
percent of the student body voted
in Tuesday's elections.
"I'm excited about this year and
relieved tonight is over," Geer said.
She said she was glad no one
ran against her because as current
president she was busy with bas
ketball season and several other
special projects.
"Maybe no one else running
shows that nobody wants this job
or that they (other possible can
didates) thought this administra
tion did a good job last year, and
they want us to continue," Geer
said.
Geer still campaigned by distri
buting fliers and hanging posters,
but she did not have as much time
to campaign door-to-door.
She said she prepared for the
forums and received many good
ideas from interested students at
the forums and would try to
implement them.
Suggestions included allowing
students to wait inside the Smith
Center during ticket distribution,
and punching students' athletic
passes before they reach the ticket
window, Geer said. Now, passes
are punched when the students
reach the window and when they
receive their tickets.
Punching tickets while students
were waiting in line would speed
the process up at the window, she
said.
Geer said she felt differently
about last night's returns than she
did about last year's elections.
"Obviously, last year I wasn't
expecting to win, especially with
out a runoff," Geer said. "This year
I expected to win.
"I'm still relieved to see this
night over and that people still
voted for me."
Geer said she plans to spend this
year solidifying current projects
and implementing new ones.
"I'm in a good position, with
a good working relationship with
the athletic department," Geer
said. "They may let me try new
ideas."
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