Show The Utah Statesman Candidate r Doug Christensen At3 13 Wtdnwdiy in cites 'Household' election ruling as tanfc which allow candidates to use without declaring them against advan-t- o campaign spending limit give an unfair local candidates according to at least one lidate for ASL’SU office Al Petty that he is wiliThey are so unfair says the ASUSU Supreme in them to challenge ng EJtftion rules hold items )ourt Petty a ' candidate for campus affairs vice presi-b- t — known as the says that he thinks the rule 'household goods” rule — allows local candidates ae- ro to materials that those who don’t live in the sra would not have access to The rule specifies that candidates who use items runaround the house in their campaign do not mt to count the cost of that item against their pending limit Candidates are allowed to sprnd on- 120 on their entire campaign "Well obviously a family that has been nublished and living in one area for a time is going lo have more resources available to them than a stu- (who lives in a dorm)” Petty says Ent esse will lie argued before the Supreme Thursday at 4 30 p m However the court’s otcuion will probably lx- - too late to affect the cam-W- n according to Sue Sorenson and Brian Flam tar of the election committee I Sorenson explaining the position of the election (committer says that the rule "was intended in the lint place to keep people from listing costs like three inches of tape and things like that ” She says that the committee is very “carrful with that rule in that we try not to let it get out of hand She also says that although people have brought to the attention of the committee several problems with the rule it will be up to next year's committee to make changes ‘‘As far as we go we’ve already made our rules and we stick by them” Sorenson says “Otherwise there would be no purpose in having a committee It would just go back and forth and back and r: printed into a SMamm ad or KOK campaigning that we could do ao by turcLrj c dr O the election committee those Caen that we Lai used’’ he says He says that in that way the committee could verify that he had not used all of the Can Sorenson speaking for the committee srys Cat the group ruled the week before Petty's that if candidates had (lien printed they would base to declare the entire cost of the printing: “We felt that the purpose for (candidates) fri ' ting the fliers in the first place is totally for the c! tion” she says “So we thought that if it is total for the election and if they don’t have it in ttill to use it for something else then they need to declare lt forth" Sorenson says that she didn't think that the household gocxls rule gives any advantage to local candidates living at home “I live at home I’ve lived here for 15 years and I don’t think we have anything at home that somebody doesn’t have as a student" she says Petty however does not agree He suggests that a candidate whose father is a painter with gallons of paint around the house would lie able to use that paint without declaring the cost That he says would be unfair since other candidates are restricted by the $120 spending limit and would not have the same advantages Petty is also challenging a ruling which requires him to declare the cost of the printing for all of his campaign fliers even though he doesn’t plan to use them all in his campaign He says that when he budgeted his campaign he had thought that he would only have to declare the cost of those fliers which he actually used However when he turned in his financial statement for the primary election he was told that he would have to declare the entire cost of the printing That he says would put him close to the spending limn for the campaign “We had anticipated that toward the end of the election when our finances got tight that if wc decided to redirect the cost of the fliers we had had the full cost” She adds that a wealthy candidate could order ' thousands of fliers from a printer thus paying a smaller unit rate and then use only a portion of those fliers In this way he could gain an advantage over other candidates Hammer says that there are two basic reasons for the S120 limit: “To see if a person can work within a set budget and secondly to put a limit so that rich kids can't come in and buy out the election “I think in this case we're not dealing with Al having spent an exorbitant amount but the fact tILrJ he should have planned ahead and he should have budgeted (his money)’ he adds According to Petty however he had budgeted carefully but had interpreted the election bylaws £J-- ' ferently That interpretation along with the other dif’ ferences that Petty has with the committee resolved by the Supreme Court Thurdzy 7 USU Rodeo Quc C— - — Gena Honquist ha trophies and hat been judged as tLj She will be crowned May 15 at the UZZJ C — ' fto the nationals in Bozeman Montana Reed Darlene is first attendant Smcj Blonquist’s dant is Cindy Anderson who was also given a v- cu - hon:: t award cz Blonquist’s duties at the rodeo will be to rile far Cj calves t of arena the clear rodeo t the of both nights I-a have rf and knowledge roping competition tion She must also know the National Association (NIRA) rules and organise neat yxzr's i queen contest Lorretta Christensen was last year’s queen ' year’s competition together with the help of Kad C — of and treasurer is the who teenhulme secretary Rodeo Club and Doctor Darwin B Nelson (Doc) wLo b t ' dt laoe"”’ cJ fit lit adviser The contestants were judged on appearance FtT- ' and horsemanship accord-a- g Ot The girls’ appearances were judged their clothes modehng looked in western 3 ana K o L fits appearance The western clothing trim be to for the contestants The judges looked for intelligence a sense c like qualities and projection of personally T 7 so t— - t quired to give an impromptu t In the horsemanship the contesCLTgs $ ttheir O tLpy a t ability TTtey were judged on their mount walking trotting caotenrg bartcli — d C stopping backing the doverietf or ride for the crowd They were also required to r”r their ability to handle a ’ One judge had a t -- ' thertrsr Tit ( TI13 Statccman'o spodol election i rr be avrirbl2 on recto tc V v 1 |