March
      26,
      2008
      CAMPUS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      New
      Watergate
      in
      UPEI?
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Recent
      Student
      Union
      election
      brings
      back
      memories
      of
      other
      elections
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Amirhossein
      Hosseinzadeh
     
     
      Contributor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      election
      that
      occurred
      in
      uni-
     
     
      versity,
      unlike
      the
      imagination
      of
     
     
      people
      especially
      international
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      like
      me
      that
      expect
      an
     
     
      absolutely
      free
      election
      ,
      this
      kind
      of
     
     
      election
      and
      its
      results
      made
      me
      sur-
     
     
      prised.
      The
      only
      thing
      that
      didn't
     
     
      exist
      in
      this
      election
      was
      Freedom
      in
     
     
      its
      ecumenical
      known
      meaning.
      The
     
     
      first
      thing
      that
      was
      observable
      dur-
     
     
      ing
      the
      election
      advertisement
      was
      a
     
     
      kind
      of
      unwilling
      of
      majority
      of
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      to
      participate
      in
      the
      election
     
     
      that
      the
      final
      result
      of
      election
      which
     
     
      shows
      not
      participating
      of
      about
      80
     
    
   
   
    
     
      per
      cent
      of
      students,
      shows
      this
      real-
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ity.
     
    

    
     
      This
      unwilling
      might
      have
      root
      in
     
     
      experiences
      of
      those
      students
      who
     
     
      were
      here
      last
      year
      and
      transmit
      their
     
     
      experiences
      to
      new
      __
      students.
     
     
      Students
      have
      this
      feeling
      that
      their
     
     
      participation
      and
      the
      candidates
      they
     
     
      choose
      don't
      have
      any
      effect
      on
      their
     
     
      status.
     
    

    
     
      So,
      it
      doesn't
      make
      any
      difference
     
     
      for
      them
      that
      who
      will
      be
      choose.
     
     
      The
      second
      thing
      might
      be,
      with
      any
     
     
      reason,
      students
      are
      not
      sure
      about
     
     
      veracity
      and
      honesty
      of
      election.
     
     
      They
      think
      that
      this
      election
      is
     
     
      superficial
      and
      candidates
      are
     
     
      dative.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Voting
      Process
     
    

    
     
      In
      all
      the
      countries,
      unlike
      the
     
     
      improvement
      of
      technology,
      election
     
     
      is
      paper
      based
      and
      the
      votes
      calcu-
     
     
      late
      with
      attendance
      of
      nonpartisan
     
     
      and
      also
      the
      candidates
      can
      have
      a
     
     
      represented
      person
      in
      period
      of
      cal-
     
     
      culation.
      These
      acts
      prevent
      cheating
     
     
      and
      also
      if
      any
      of
      the
      candidates
     
     
      have
      a
      complaint,
      the
      votes
      can
      be
     
     
      re-calculated.
      I
      don't
      controvert
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      high
      level
      of
      today's
      technology
      but
     
     
      no
      one
      can
      controvert
      that
      many
     
     
      irrevocable
      damages
      occurred
      by
     
     
      these
      technologies.
      The
      second
      thing
     
     
      is,
      according
      to
      law
      of
      elections
      that
     
     
      was
      published
      on
      the
      Student
      Union
     
     
      webpage
      about
      disqualification;
      dis-
     
     
      qualifications
      should
      be
      done
      before
     
     
      the
      vote
      calculation,
     
     
      not
      after
      the
     
     
      result!
     
     
      Now,
     
     
      this
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ques-
      §&
     
     
      tion
      will
     
     
      come
      _
      that
     
     
      why
      candidates
     
    

    
     
      who
      became
      disqualified,
     
    

    
     
      were
      mostly
      the
      choice
      of
      students
     
     
      and
      if
      they
      couldn't
      get
      that
      much
      of
     
     
      the
      votes,
      did
      they
      become
      disquali-
     
     
      fied?
      Another
      question
      comes
      here.
     
    

    
     
      Don't
      you
      think
      that
      this
      is
      disre-
     
     
      spect
      to
      people
      who
      voted
      them?
     
     
      And
      a
      third
      question
      comes;
      don't
     
     
      you
      think
      that
      such
      kind
      of
      acts
     
     
      make
      these
      students
      unwilling
      to
     
     
      participate
      in
      future
      elections
      and
     
     
      there
      students
      will
      add
      to
      the
      previ-
     
     
      ous
      students
      who
      didn't
      vote?
     
    

    
     
      By
      analyzing
      the
      above
      issues,
      you
     
     
      might
      ask,
      what's
      the
      right
      way?
     
    

    
     
      In
      my
      opinion,
      a
      bit
      before
      the
      elec-
     
     
      tion,
      University
      should
      take
      the
     
     
      healthy
      and
      democratic
      decisions.
     
     
      First
      of
      all,
      it
      should
      let
      students
     
     
      know
      about
      the
      importance
      of
      this
     
     
      election
      and
      how
      it
      makes
      difference
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      student's
      status.
      So,
      we
      will
      not
      be
     
     
      bystander
      of
      participation
      of
      about
     
     
      one
      fifth
      of
      students.
      Second
      of
      all,
     
     
      in
      today's
      world,
      there
      are
      profes-
     
     
      sional
      people
      who
      have
      the
      ability
      to
     
     
      break
      the
      strong
      and
      complex
      secu-
     
     
      rity
      systems
      of
      organizations.
      Even
     
     
      the
      strongest
      organizations
      never
      say
     
     
      that
      their
      systems
      in
     
     
      100
      per
      cent
     
     
      |
      »,
      secure.
      So,
     
     
      -m
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      some-
     
     
      times
      in
     
     
      the
      news
     
     
      about
      these
      secu-
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      rity
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hear
     
    
   
   
    
     
      advertising
      carefully
      and
      take
      all
      the
     
     
      complains
      of
      candidates
      (if
      any)
      and
     
     
      take
      appropriate
      reactions
      against
     
     
      these
      things
      before
      the
      election
     
     
      boxes
      open
      and
      the
      vote
      calculation
     
     
      start.
      So,
      the
      imagination
      of
      disqual-
     
     
      ification
      will
      not
      be
      getting
      more
     
     
      votes.
     
    

    
     
      I
      recommend
      that
      because
      of
      the
     
     
      person
      who
      become
      the
      president
     
     
      should
      have
      the
      high
      favourite
      per-
     
     
      centage
      among
      the
      students
      and
      also
     
     
      today
      we
      can
      see
      that
      students
      even
     
     
      don't
      know
      who
      the
      current
      presi-
     
     
      dent
      of
      SU
      is,
      or
      what
      does
      he
      do
      or
     
     
      what
      kind
      of
      person
      he
      is,
      University
     
     
      can
      set
      an
      at
      least
      percentage
      of
      par-
     
     
      ticipation
      like
      40,
      50,
      or
     
     
      Otherwise,
      if
      University
      couldn't
     
     
      make
      this
      motivation
      among
      the
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      to
      vote,
      it
      could
      find
      the
      presi-
     
     
      dent
      like
      the
      other
      student
      positions
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      by
      exams
      or
      interviews
      to
      find
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      suitable
      person
      for
      this
      job.
      So,
      the
     
     
      word
      of
      "Election"
      will
      not
      be
      tri-
     
     
      fled.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      In
     
     
      addition,
      you
     
     
      have
      to
      keep
     
     
      in
      mind
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      voting
      in
      pare
     
     
      will
      increase
     
     
      the
      security
     
     
      and
      it's
      more
     
     
      efficient
      if
     
     
      students
      make
     
     
      sure
      nonparti-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      san
      people
     
     
      will
      calculate
     
     
      their
      votes.
     
     
      T
      h
      e
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      its
     
     
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      to
      ana-
     
     
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