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SAMU chief returning officer report provides recommendations for future students’ council elections

Photo by Amanda Erickson/The Griff CRO Josh Stock’s report highlights some inconsistencies in the SAMU Elections and Referenda policy and procedure. It has been almost two months since the new students’ council election, and Josh Stock, SAMU’s chief returning officer (CRO), provided an election report, along with recommendations to improve future SAMU elections.  A key responsibility for the CRO is to ensure that elections adhere to SAMU’s bylaws, policies, and procedures. Policy dictates that the CRO cannot be a member of SAMU.  Stock wrote that seven candidates in the last election were disqualified for failing to provide an expense report by the deadline. Stock also reported that a candidate used unapproved campaign...

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