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Gavazzi, Vitale: On SGA’s Decision to Prohibit Club Candidate Endorsements
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The Bona Venture
Ben Vitale and Emma GavazziPhoto courtesy of Emma GavazziBY EMMA GAVAZZI AND BEN VITALE[Editor’s note: Incumbents Emma Gavazzi and Ben Vitale are being challenged by Jack Shea and Kaylee Grace for 2025-26 SGA executive president and SGA executive vice president.]
Recently, the judiciary decided that clubs are not permitted to endorse candidates in SGA elections.
Part of its reasoning claims that students supporting different candidates from other club members might lead to feelings of alienation, citing the Clubs and Organizational Handbook.
However, support for an SGA candidate need not correlate to a person’s political or social affiliations and is, therefore, not discriminatory.
The next decision that the judiciary made was that members of the Election Committee are not permitted to publicly support or endorse SGA candidates.
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