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Computer Glitch Forces Council To Void Elections

Delay could increase voter apathy

"It's unfortunate that everybody put all thiseffort into getting the election going,campaigning and voting, that all this energy wentinto it and now we have to turn around to redowhat we did before," said Jennifer A. Freeman '00,a candidate in Lowell House.

Council President Beth A. Stewart '00 saidmembers will try to campaign more aggressivelythan before to encourage students to revote. Shesaid they plan to advertise in The Crimson, tableand to poster around the campus to alert studentsthat they must vote at the end of next week.

Candidates are not pointing fingers at thecouncil.

"It's not Beth Stewart's fault. It's HCS'sfault. It's annoying that we paid $3,000 to writea program that's faulty," Barber said.

Some council members say the efforts of theElection Commission to try to rectify the problemshould be acknowledged.

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"If anything, people will realize the ElectionCommission is very willing to correct problems,"said Sterling P. A. Darling '01, a resident ofCurrier House

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