P.K. Agarwalla ’04, the council’s parliamentarian, said that because of what happened during the election, the standing rules provision is “something that’s on my agenda.”

He noted that, under the current constitution, Lee can invoke her right to create temporary standing rules, although he said changes may be made to the bylaws and constitution in the upcoming year.

“In the next few weeks, you’ll see a lot of things coming through,” he said.

He added that interpretation of the council constitution and bylaws often varies from one case to the next.

“It’s just like the real Constitution,” he said. “You’ve got strict and loose constructionism.”

Mystery Candidate

When the Election Commission certified the results on Saturday, two names had asterisks beside them.

The commission certified three winners in Currier House—including who had won the most votes—but did not finalize which of the victorious candidates finished second and third. The council uses the placement of winners within a House to determine the seating of representatives on committees.

The Election Commission’s Monteiro said that certification was delayed because of a ballot confusion.

“A candidate whose name was not on our list of candidates unintentionally appeared on the ballot,” he said, though he declined to name the candidate.

Morgenstern, who as technology coordinator designed the voting system and on-line ballots, appeared on the Currier House slate—even though he was not named by the Election Commission as an official candidate.

Morgenstern declined to comment.

“We didn’t take any specific action,” Monteiro said. “We certainly didn’t take any disciplinary action.”