Ever since Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and her running mate John A. Burton '01 swept the Undergraduate Council presidential and vice-presidential elections last week, the council has been abuzz with accusations of election infractions.

Some of these violations would have been serious enough to warrant the pair's disqualification from the race.

These accusations, notably, come not just from Driskell's opponents--many of whom refused to comment on the matter for this article--but also from a handful of other council members, including some who endorsed Driskell and worked on her campaign.

Driskell and Burton have been accused of both overspending their $100 limit and committing an ad-boardable offense by stuffing first-year mailboxes with their fliers.

The Election Commission (EC), which is responsible for enforcing these rules has also come under scrutiny, accused by a high-ranking council member of covering up a decision that should have resulted in Driskell and Burton's expulsion.

It's About Name Recognition

Almost no one, not even Driskell herself, expected her to win by a landslide of 1,215 votes--more than double the total of the second-place contender.

"I expected that there would be at least two clear frontrunners, and I felt like we were one of them," she said. "I expected first place and second place to be really close, though."