According to Bonner, Lee and Fernandez broke a “tacit agreement” the two campaigns had made not to report each other’s infractions.

Because of the agreement, Bonner said, she and Long did not report Lee-Fernandez violations, even though Bonner reported that she had seen “between 15 and 20” Lee-Fernandez violations.

“We decided not to report Sujean and Annie on anything,” Bonner said. “We tried to be nice guys about it.”

Lee said she and Fernandez have in the past and will continue to abide by the informal agreement the candidates made with each other not to report violations.

“I didn’t even look for their violations,” Lee said. “When I got the e-mail from the Election Commission, that was the first time I heard about it.”

Hawkins, the commission chair, declined to comment.

Last night, in a meeting concluding too late to be reported in today’s paper, both tickets met with the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters’ Alliance (BGLTSA) to seek that body’s endorsement.

Former vice presidential candidate and BGLTSA co-chair Fred O. Smith ’04 recently dropped out of the council race and gave his personal endorsement to Bonner and Long.

BGLTSA political chair and Lee-Fernandez supporter Blake J. Boulerice ’04 said an endorsement of Bonner-Long is far from assured, however.

“I’ve discussed the candidates with a couple of the board members and very few of them have actually made a decision yet,” Boulerice said. “I expect that there will be a lot of discussion.”

—Staff writer William M. Rasmussen can be reached at wrasmuss@fas.harvard.edu.