University Student Elect: “You voted for me, bitches. That was a bad idea"

[matcom]

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It wouldn’t be a student government election without some allegations of hypocrisy or conspiracy. But the events surrounding the recent race at Pennsylvania State University are bizarre, even by student election standards.

Jay Bundy won a plurality of votes in last week’s campus election and was poised to take over leadership of the University Park Undergraduate Association, recognized by university administrators as being the official voice of students. Soon after the election, Bundy and his running mate, Christopher Brink, both juniors, were told by the elections commission that they had won the vote count.

Later in the week, Bundy was quoted in Penn State’s student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, as saying that “if the students are stupid enough to vote for someone as inappropriate and retarded as I am, then they deserve a president who is going to give the worst performance to the best of his ability.” He later added in the interview that “you voted for me, bitches. That was a bad idea.”

Brink, the vice presidential candidate, said he and Bundy received another call from the elections commission that weekend saying that the team had been disqualified for alleged rules violations, including exceeding campaign spending limits and illegal canvassing.

Sara Snyder, a member of the commission, said the Bundy/Brink team had been informed on election night that her group needed to verify financial information before making an official announcement. The final decision, she said, “had nothing to do with anything that the candidate had said or written” in the newspaper.

Brink said he had turned in the pertinent information and was under the impression that the leadership team would begin the next week. “I find it very interesting that we were 100 percent certified and as soon as the comments aired, I got phone calls from the commission apologizing that they needed to re-review the case.”

The commission has named the runner-up in the election as president.

Meanwhile, Bundy was arrested Monday, charged with theft and multiple counts of disorderly conduct. Brink said after Bundy met with administrators that morning, he drove to a gas station, walked out with candy and an energy drink and was confronted by a convenience store clerk. Bundy fought with the clerk, and later with a courtroom judge, before pleading not guilty to all counts and being released on bail, Brink said.

“He crumpled under the stress,” Brink added. “He’s going through some tough times.”

http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/print/news/2006/10/19/psu

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1. Well, if the student govt. thing doesn't work...

he can always join the College Republicans.

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2. Didnt Rove start the same way?

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3. Wonder if he's related to Ted Bundy? Just a thought. nt