Another debacle Student government drops the ball again, delays election Just when Emory thought student government couldn't get any more ridiculous, one of the University's most scandal-plagued institutions has found a way to do so. It would be laughable if it weren't so sad. Students have probably noticed by now that the College Council election scheduled for today is not taking place.
Voting is rescheduled for tomorrow.
Many, including this page, believed that the introduction of online voting would put a stop to the long streak of flawed elections. Lo, that it were so simple. Procedural improvements are nice, but few of student government's past failures were the result of faulty election procedures. They were the result of the petty and stupid behavior of those in student government. In this case, that petty and stupid behavior came in the form of veiled threats to the College Council Elections Board by disgruntled persons who believe that there would be some personal political gain for them in a delayed election.