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Show Candidates, voters deserve fair elections from council The conflict over who will have the last say on the election rules of the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) seems to be over. According to a vote taken last week by the ASUU Executive Council, the council seemed to favor having the last say on the rules. Now that they have accepted that responsibility, the council coun-cil members and election rules committeeshoiild set as their first goal a fair and honest election. While the voting machines mach-ines obtained two years ago have cut down on the amount of voter fraud by making it impossible to steal ballots (the machines weigh over 700 pounds) there is still a lot of cheating taking place at the polls. Formerly, the method used to cheat was to stuff the ballot boxes. Now that the voting machines are being used, however, people borrow others' identification cards in order to vote more than once. Some method needs to be instituted which will eliminate this practice. Oddly enough, no provision in the 1969 election rules makes it illegal to vote more than once. In connection with voter fraud, more effective supervision of polling places would be possible if the polling places were centralized. When they are spread out over two buildings, those whose duty it is to supervise them will find it a difficult job to watch such 'a spread out area. Another rule which was conspicuous by its absence from the 1969 election rules concerned the number of offices which any one candidate could run for. The 1969 rules placed no limit on the amount and one candidate took advantage of that fact to run for two boards. This error should be corrected this year In supervising the elections, the council members should reduce the emphasis on large voter turnouts. This is the responsibility of the candidates themselves, not the Elections Committee. By urging the Elections Committee to encourage larger voter turnout, the council will take away valuable time from the elections committee which it needs to run an honest election. It has already probably been made clear to the council members that they occupy a delicate position. In reviewing this year's proposals for elections, they should remember that their responsibility is to provide an honest election both for the voters and the candidates. |