Update on illegal e-mails:

I received an e-mail from an ASUC Presidential candidate that raises the possibility a previous e-mail I received from him might have violated ASUC election rules. I won't name names, but I do not think there is an expectation of privacy that accompanies sending out mass, spam e-mails to students, and if you read the earlier post about problematic e-mails, you will probably know who I am talking about. Here is the text of the e-mail:

Dear friends,
It's come to my attention that an email I sent earlier this evening may have been forwarded to some folks beyond my immediate circle of friends that I sent it to. I'm looking into how this may have happened (I suspect a computer virus as I've been having trouble with that recently) and I apologize for any inconvenience or frustration that this may have caused.
Take care and have a wonderful last day of voting,

I'm not quite sure what he is claiming happened. Either a virus somehow sent out a campaign e-mail to people it shouldn't have (this strains credibility) or else his friends forwarded along an e-mail to people that they shouldn't have. I received a previous e-mail directly from the candidate, which I assume was the e-mail being apologized for. If he is listed as the sender on any e-mails that violate campaign rules, he can't very well claim it was others who forwarded the e-mail. I'm not sure if this is the same e-mail mentioned below, or if there have been potentially multiple e-mail violations.


Update
To clarify, here are the rules regarding sending of e-mail from the ASUC bylaws.

Using e-mail lists or posting boards to campaign, with spam, which is defined as e-mail that does not meet any of the following conditions:

a. The author has a pre-existing relationship with the recipient(s);

b. The author has permission from the leadership of the organization;

c. The author is a member of the organization.

Without more information, it isn't clear whether the e-mail above is just annoying span or actually violates any of these rules. The allegation with the physics e-mail is that it was sent without moderator permission, I believe.Email This Post!