LSS ELECTIONS

Apologies for resurrecting demin, but i feel as if students should be fully informed going into this upcoming AGM.

I do not think that there has been this much hype around an LSS election since the Jake, Thea and Max saga back in first-year. As much as I disagreed with some of the things that were said in that campaign, I thought it was a fair election. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for this one.

While I am not involved in the day-to-day drama of the LSS, I have heard rumblings of the LSS executives interfering in the electoral process. The Inaugural Presidential Debate apparently also violated the election rules. 
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But that is not even the worst of it. On the day that the voting opened, the President of the LSS was sending messages to group chats, expressly declaring support for one candidate with ‘no other preferences’.

I don’t know whether the message violates any election rules but it does undermine the integrity of the election process. I thought that the President was supposed to remain impartial or at least give the appearance of impartiality. 
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Clearly, the President of the LSS thought this as well.

Anonymous.
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Editors' Note: This anonymous submission was received last night. The source asserts they are not a candidate in the current LSS elections, and that they submitted the article as soon as they received the embedded screenshots from a friend. They say their motivation was that LSS members have a right to know what has transpired.

The persons named in this article were approached last night for comment, but have not yet taken the opportunity. Should they decide to offer comment at a later time, their statements will be added to this story.

Update 14/9/2022. 

Michael Donato, a candidate for President in the election, has offered the following comment:

I had no knowledge of this message being sent. When it was brought to my attention by a concerned voter I, of my own volition, decided to report this to the Returning Officer to ensure a fair adjudication could be made. I take the Election Standing Rules seriously, and would never intend to bring the MULSS electoral process into disrepute.