Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Special General Strike Issue. September 24 1979

Complaint Concerning 1979 and 1980 Presidential Elections

Complaint Concerning 1979 and 1980 Presidential Elections

1.	The Election Committee has received the following complaint concerning the 1979 and 1980 Presidential elections: "We the undersigned hereby lodge a complaint with the Election Committee concerning the defamatory posters that appeared on or about the 11th/12th of September 1979, in breach of the VUWSA Constitution. "We petition that the Election be invalidated and that the whole Election process be recommenced for the position of President 1979 and 1980." (Signed) Andrew Tees, Tarek Sorour, Anne Byrne, Kathy Drysdale, Alan Philips, Robert Stainthorpe, Andrew Ross, Michael Carr-Gregg, Ron Bellman, Tina Hailstone.
2.	Accordingly, as required by the Constitution, the Election Committee has appointed three impartial persons to act as Arbitrators with full powers for investigation and inquiry into the cause of the complaint. The Arbitrators will decide whether the election was valid or not.
3.	The Arbitrators are Stephen Franks (Convener), Peter Cullen and Therese O'Connell.
4.	The Arbitrator will be hearing evidence in the Student Union Building Boardroom at 5.00pm on Tuesday 25 September 1979. Members of the Association may attend. Any person not already contacted who wishes to make a submission to the Arbitrators should contact the undersigned. Submission should be in writing.
5.	It is hoped that the Arbitrators' [unclear: decision] whether the Presidential Election was [unclear: va] not will be available by Thursday 27 [unclear: Sep] ber. In the event of the Arbitrators [unclear: dec] the Presidential elections invalid, [unclear: this] allow time for a further election for [unclear: Presi] to be held on 3 and 4 October.

John Blincoe

Convener Election Committee