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  • The^stern Carolinian 16 PAGES THURSDAY APRIL 13, 1978 Vol.XLIII, No. 28 CULLOWHEE, N.C. Nelson President Cates wins veep race Almost a thousand people turned out through the rain last Tuesday to vote for the executive offices of SGA, WWCU, UCB, The Catamount, and The Western Carolinian. Wanda Nelson surprised many people Tuesday, receiving over 51 per cent of the votes in the presidential election, despite the fact that many felt it would be difficult to win on the first ballot with four candidates running. Dunkin FitzSimons finished a distant second behind Ms. Nelson taking 25 per cent of the votes with him. Brent Hyatt and Mark Asa finished third and fourth respectively, taking almost 20 percent of the votes combined. Heavily favored Phil Cates had a tighter race than he expected as he defeated Charles "CB" Bryson with 72 per cent of the popular votes. Several sources high within the SGA thought Cates would pull an even higher percentage than that. Apparently twenty-three people at WCU were unhappy with the candidates for vice-president. Comic strip character "Howard the Duck" received their support because, "Howard hasn't done a damn thing," one voter said. The race got a little tighter for the editor of The Western Carolinian contest as incumbent David Jackson edged by challenger Mark Wilkins by 73 votes. Jackson said he "was glad it was over," and that he "was surprised at how close it was." Another close race was for UCB President where Ken Nifong defeated George Huggins by 45 votes in one of the most hotly contested races of the year. The results SGA President Wanda Nelson Dunkin FitzSimons Brent Hyatt Mark Asa 513 248 117 79 SGA Vice-President Phil Cates Charles "CB" Bryson Howard the Duck 716 194 23 Western Carolinian Editor David Jackson Mark Wilkins 497 424 Catamount Business Manager Danny Deitz jeanette Beaudry 459 421 UCB President Ken Nifong George Huggins 478 433 UCB Vice-President Carrie Thomas Melinda Mailloux 477 394 Members of the SGA elections commission spent about four painstaking hours counting ballots Tuesday. Vice President Gary Brown reported that the count came off without difficulty, in sharp contrast to last year's controversial ballot count where more votes were counted than there were voters. DREW CLARK PHOTO Nifong's running mate, Carrie Thomas, won the race for vice-president of the UC by defeating Melinda Mailloux who received 48 per cent of the votes. In what was probably the most controversial race on campus Danny Deitz defeated Jeanette Beaudry in the in the popular ballot for the business manager for the Catamount by 38 votes, 459-421. But Ms. Beaudry won the position in a court decision. Deitz disqualified Beadry Catamount bus. mgr. The SGA Superior Court last night disqualified Danny Deitz from the race for business manager of the Catamount, overturning a Monday night elections commission decision. Deitz won the election 459 votes to 421 votes over Catamount and Western Carolinian photographer Jeanette Beaudry, but was found in violation of the Catamount constitution in that he had not been a staff member for at least one year. Ms. Beaudry was declared winner of the election but could not be reached for comment on the new decision at press time. Students voters win big victory Deitz made no indication that he plans to appeal the decision to the SGA Supreme Court but said, "There are no ill feelings between Jeanette and me. It was just a stipulation. I didn't realize all this was going to come about." Before the superior court decision, Ms. Beaudry said, "They (the elections commission) shocked me Monday night. I thought I had an ironclad case." Gary Brown, SGA vice president and elections commission chairman said, "I think the court has made a very equitable decision. The installment of Beaudry was in the best interest of the student body of WCU. The court used sound judgement in its decision." A formal motion was introduced within the State Board of Elections concerning the WCU/Jackson County Board of Elections controversy. Raleigh attorney George Kaneklides, representing the WCU students, said yesterday that if passed, the motion would answer the three major requests that the WCU students brought before the State Board in Winston- Salem April 3. Those requests included: that the Jackson County Board of Elections use an updated student voter registration form similar to the one used in Wake County, that the State Board issue instructions regarding the use of the form, and that the State Board monitor and assist the Jackson County Board in their registration of transient voters. In addition to these provisions, the motion also states that all transient voters would have to fill out the form rather than only students. SGA Vice-President Gary Brown said last night that the State Board of Elections has "answered our petition and all of our requests in helping lessen the problems surrounding the registration of students in Jackson County." Further action bv the State Board will depend on the outcome of the motion, but observers have noted a favorable response by several Board members. The action will clear up most of the problems which have developed in recent years between WCU and Jackson County officials and represents a major accomplishment for WCU voters.
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