J-Council Rejects Election Suit

Progcal Blogger John Pennington’s suit against Paul Lafata, Student Action, and BCR has been rejected by the Judicial Council on the grounds of its lateness.

Because this case’s alleged election violations regarding 4.13.4.1 took place before the 4pm filing deadline, the first standard of good faith must be held in considering this case. Since the case was not also filed before the 4pm deadline, the Council believes the charge was not filed in good faith, and therefore must reject it. The same guideline was applied this election season in rejecting two late filings by Attorney General Ryan Powell.

Seeing how Jonp’s crusade for the past few weeks has been to proceed directly to vote counting and to ignore the J-Council’s deliberations/hearings/decisions, his action to add to the pile of suits was contradictory. The Judicial Council rightly turned down this suit and as a by-product jonp will get his wish; results will be out faster because this suit won’t take up the J-Councils time. Email This Post!