âI needed to resign to whistleblow the corruption in ASUM,â Schei said.Â
Schei said this yearâs election cycle has brought bylaw issues with ASUM to the forefront, especially when it comes to yearly elections. She said ASUM has no rules to ensure that those running for office have to be ethical in their races, which she said was evident after her opponents, Noah Durnell and Canyon Lock, werenât punished for a bylaw infraction.
This came up at the most recent ASUM meeting on April 7, Schei said.Â
The Durnell-Lock campaign was under fire when a grievance was brought forth regarding a third-party endorsement of their campaign, which is not allowed in ASUM elections.Â
The chair of the ASUM election committee resigned yesterday after the Senate voted against punishing a pair of executive candidates for a bylaw infraction, just one week before the 2021 election.
Cierra Anderson, former ASUM elections chair, brought the grievance against candidate pair Noah Durnell and Canyon Lock for illegally using a third party endorsement, an action forbidden in the ASUM bylaws.
âI agreed to be the elections chair so I could help run a fair election, and the Senate last night showed me with their vote that thatâs not gonna be a possibility for next year,â Anderson told the Kaimin Thursday. âI donât feel like I can do my job if the Senate canât do theirs.â
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