The students running the ASUO elections conducted a valid investigation of the “big fat kegger” before placing sanctions against the campaign of former presidential and vice presidential hopefuls Dallas Brown and Emily McLain.
McLain filed a grievance against the ASUO Elections Board claiming it unsatisfactorily investigated the party.
Alcohol was being sold and student voters were encouraged to vote for Brown and McLain at the party, the Emerald reported.
McLain said the board broke elections rules by not having at least three board members present at the investigation hearing.
The ASUO Constitution Court, which interprets the rules and constitution for student government, wrote in the ruling released Tuesday that the Elections Board’s investigation leading up to the decision to sanction the Brown-McLain ticket didn’t break any rules.
The Elections Board suspended Brown and McLain, and all volunteers, from campaigning between the hours of 2 p.m. and 10 a.m., hours the Elections Board said Brown-McLain supporters would most likely be drinking.
Brown and McLain came in fourth place in the primaries, pulling in half as many votes as the two tickets that advanced to the general election, so the sanctions were never implemented.