Show The Utah Statesman Friday March f' mu 13 Vote penalty violates free speech editorialized against cerelection ASUSU bylaws On Wednestain passages in the Council Executive passed the bylaws day the ASUSU the civil liberresult a as and without serious amendment been have now student seriously ties of the average USU threatened It is the opinion of The Utah Statesman that this set of whole bylaws perverted by its parts is wicked as a We do not take lightly the assault on basic freedoms which this scurrilous document represents Our argument is not based on hyperbole or overkill It is based on the sure knowledge that once a seemingly unimportant right is taken away other more important ones may follow This document gives the election committee the authorihas violated ty to take votes away from a candidate who the rules Those who wish to defend this abhorrent mandate will say that such action will only be taken if a candidate breaks a major rule Don’t believe it! The policy of the committee as stated in the Executive Council by the committee I candidate’s vote for every of a is to meeting strip percent dollar that he spends over the campaign limit On Monday The Utah Statesman an If a candidate spends $2 more than is allowed he loses 2 percent of his vote Three dollars over the limit 3 percent is taken away And soon up to a maximum of 20 percent The most evil aspect of this is not readily apparent In 'ruth what these people propose to do is to strip every voter of a secure right to franchise In other words if you vote for a candidate who spend a little more than he is supposed to then a fraction of your vote is going to be arbitrarily taken from you by the committee The votes don’t belong to the candidates They belong to the voters Yet the election committer through a twisted manipulation of logic thinks it has the right to take that vote away There are so many things wrong and blatantly immoral with these bylaws that we cannot cover them all in a single editorial Not only is our right to franchise taken from us but there are numerous violations of the First Amendment to the US Constitution If wisdom and justice are to prevail these bylaws must be quickly consigned to the paper shredder! am wait They lay the election rules we wrong with that ? Hhatt The article in the Statesman on Wednesday Wanl aaaoctalc tpora editor Antos dmgn director Hodncb photography SiMwn Thd cw wrvtteo aad edited by students of Utah State University Editorial opinions are solely ihoae of the editorial board and fcoae writer wh ugTmJ n)ciM do not They neceuariiy it fleet (he regarding w The right to adit return or letter pnw any Letters that arc ypewntlen and limited lo MO nr or Jem wUJ receive firm consideration Letter must be rigned dam wtimm the dispute between students and the newspaper contained errors that cannot be ignored The article states: "The Publication Board ran act only on student publications which are funded by ASUSU If the student government withdrew funding from The Utah Statesman the paper would no longer come under the board’s jurisdiction' This statement is false and Jill Richards received incorrect information from her sources The university (not ASUSU) specifically empowers the Publications Board as the publisher of the newspaper independent of all funding sources ASUSU and the erne electricity offices counting janitorisi are provided etc newspaper at no co 7he Utah Sutena always fail under imi of ihe PubUsnl regardless of the inosei f 1 cd by ASUSU The newspaper a serve students and ® community To assuttt siveness to campu all important that understand ermed status of the ncwT gl established by the USU and the Council p Inj 0 Editor’s note: The Utah with to be Publications improper leverage pliance the students holding the money want What would There are a few concerns that result in effect is that these I have regarding the ankle in purse g students The Utah Statesmen on Wednesthen become the editors day March II entitled themselves for if something “Controversy surrounds issue doesn’t go their way they of press access' and about the threaten to pull out the ASUSU string-pullin- without insperwfj wording People should they leap” In conclusion should be F" oriented However news "blackmail” sugge which editorial polkies For this paper where there is mm cited in this article no should be for subscription price Fuat a look inrideC’ 6s students —nor should there Ti to issue this force that not "Ws trivial to air grievances somewhat The big pco-- 1000th Utah Uam with this become ty) 1 hope would The bet that the to ndM gw4 and his staff -tdrafted and h the fatute The he suggestion thus are wiping to bo no ona and students for leverage against feasibility of ftternaas troubles me " news botfy ®r campus ASUSU money shnL( AuntVrr be held over the head of the petition was the cmatias wuy fas editor in order to get the com- - which many people siaod k petition questioning the 7 letter policy rve Ihe "The law states student of university publisher publications shall be the Student Publications Board The board shall have full esponsibility to establish policy appoint and remove editors and business managers approve budgets hear complaints and exercise all necessary and proper powers to conduct the business of student publica-lion- s (Article VI) This guideline is approved by the president of USU and the Institutional Council— it is official university policy Even if ASUSU did not subsidize the newspaper it would fall under the complete and total jurisdiction of the Publications Board The Utah Statesman is not an independent entity salaries are paid by the university much equipment purchased by The To the editor: To the editor: 55240 Jo im moral and uncmttstd Article error cannot be ignore The! 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