In an interview following his testimony, Hill clarified his statement, and said it would be okay for a candidate to take a single button, but not the large quantities that Burton did. He also said the BGLTSA has since implemented a rule barring anyone from taking any more than three buttons.

Several of Burton's opponents said they felt Hill's statements were misleading. Farmer, one of Burton's two managers, also said she thought Hill had said any candidate could take any number of buttons.

Hill granted that his responses may have been unintentionally misleading.

"I was vague, but that is because I can't speak hypothetically about how the entire [BGLTSA] board can view the situation," he said.

After the first article of impeachment failed by a vote of 33 to 47, the council turned to debate on the second article of impeachment. Sterling P.A. Darling '01 attempted to appeal to broader notions of fairness, arguing that Burton had behaved improperly in taking the buttons without permission.

"Ask yourself, how would you feel as another candidate?" Darling repeatedly asked the council, arguing that Burton had not played by the rules by which other campaigns had abided. "Do you think this was a fair election?"

Darling drew snickers from the crowd when he asserted that Driskell and Burton's buttons could have made the difference in their sweeping victory.

Burton's supporters pointed to the fact that the BGLTSA executive board does not feel wronged as evidence that the second article was misguided at best. Hill said he had repeatedly asked the impeachment petition's sponsors to withdraw the second article.