Last night, Morgenstern predicted the e-mails would be sent out by 6 a.m. this morning.

By about 10 p.m. last night, the elections website displayed a brief message saying, “the Undergraduate Council elections are back on track. prepare yourself. you should expect an email between midnight and six am.”

The message, signed by Morgenstern, also referred to Lim as “the true savior of the undergraduate council.”

The deadline extension is the second to receive official approval in the past two days.

Nancy A. Redd ’03, chair of the council’s Election Commission, had announced yesterday over the council’s e-mail list that the deadline would be extended until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

But with the added postponements, Morgenstern said Lee gave the go-ahead for the extension.

The new ballots feature the option of changing one’s votes any time before the deadline, Lim said.

When asked about whether the Election Commission had approved this feature, Lim said he was “pretty sure it did.”

Matthew S. Moon ’05, a candidate in Currier House who cast his ballot this morning, said, “Changing your vote at any time during the period is sketchy.”

Lee said that the new system may actually help increase voter turnout.

“It will actually be much easier since every student is receiving an e-mail,” she said. “We’re thinking that this will compensate for [the delay].”

But some candidates seeking council seats said they disagreed.

“I think it’s problematic that students have been unable to vote,” Sheila R. Adams ’05, a candidate in Eliot House, said yesterday. “It may hinder the voter turnout a bit, which is never a good thing.”

Jared M. Gross ’03, a candidate in Pforzheimer House who is vying for his fourth term on the council, said candidates may have to change their campaigning strategies due to the delays.

“Candidates who have been campaigning seriously probably now find themselves having to make an extra push to remind people,” he said.

—Staff writer Alexander J. Blenkinsopp can be reached at blenkins@fas.harvard.edu.