Even more troubling is the commission's assertion that Driskell and Burton should not be disqualified because of their overwhelming victory. The rules must be enforced regardless of a candidate's popularity.

The recent elections did not occur on a level playing field for all candidates and therefore should not be considered valid in the minds of the members of the council or of anyone on this campus. In our minds, there is no doubt about it: Driskell and Burton cheated, and the commission is letting them get away with it. In order to eliminate this bad precedent and reward the other candidates for obeying the rules, Driskell and Burton should be disqualified from the council elections. The results of the election should be recalculated as though Driskell and Burton had never been on the ballot, with their votes redistributed and a new president and vice president should be seated at Sunday's council meeting based on the results. If the commission doesn't act to disqualify them, Driskell and Burton must themselves step down out of respect to the other candidates who chose to abide by the rules of the election rather than break them.

Kyle D. Hawkins '02, a Crimson editor, is a history and literature concentrator in Lowell House and helped manage Darling's campaign. John P. Marshall '01 is a government concentrator in Pforzheimer House. Both are council representatives. C. Ted Wright '01, who was Leonard's campaign manager, also contributed to this editorial.