BREAKING: A student who is now former parlimentarian said in a news release that he is the creator and sole student working on the anonymous Twitter account that Cardinal United staff members were charged for on Tuesday.
Chad Griewank, the creator and presidential candidate in the 2012 SGA election, said he worked alone, and no one was involved from Student Government Association or any executive board slate, including the accused Cardinal United staff members Con Sullivan and Jason Pickell.
Griewank said in the news release he would resign from his SGA position as parliamentarian and refrain from any involvement in SGA effective immediately.
Elections board chair Kevin Thurman could not be reached for comment by 9 p.m.
EARLIER: Cardinal United, a slate running for executive board of the Student Government Association, was fined $519 for a violation involving the cyber bullying of a senator on Tuesday night.
Elections board chair Kevin Thurman refused to comment on the evidence the elections board used when determining the violation.
Campaign manager Con Sullivan and Jason Pickell, a senator who helped with Cardinal United’s campaign, have allegedly run an anonymous Twitter account @BSUSGAElections that has criticized at least one senator with personal attacks, according to the SGA elections board. The account has since been suspended.
Sullivan said he has not had any part of running the anonymous Twitter account and doesn’t know why the elections board thinks he has any part in it.
“I don’t know who is [in charge of the account,]” he said. “I don’t support them. I don’t approve of anything they are doing. I think it is bad.”
Thurman said the slate violated Elections Code Article 7, Section 3, which allows the elections board to enforce the SGA constitution, SGA bylaws, Ball State regulations and federal, state and local laws. The alleged cyber bullying is against Ball State regulations.
The 7-member elections board banned Sullivan and Pickell from being members or proxy of any student government branch, working in any capacity with a candidate or slate for SGA office, or being a part of any board in SGA. The two SGA senators are also banned from attending any campaign events or campaigning in any capacity until the end of the 2013-14 academic school year.
Elections board sanctions require Cardinal United presidential candidate Zeyne Guzeldereli to make a formal apology for the actions of his former staff members, including an apology to the anonymous individuals affected by the actions of Sullivan and Pickell during the SGA senate meeting at 3:15 p.m. today.
Treasurer candidate Brandon Pope must also make a formal statement of apology for his actions regarding a violation and $35 fine issued Monday. The violation the elections board charged him with pertained to a text message he sent to a student, encouraging the student to attack another slate's platform points, Pope said.
Thurman said if any sanction by Sullivan or Pickell is violated or if Guzeldereli or Pope refuse to abide by the sanctions, Cardinal United will be disqualified from the election. The slate will also be disqualified they don't post two $200 bonds by 5 p.m. Wednesday to the elections board.
Campaign treasurer Katrena Thompson said at 12:30 this morning that she believed the bonds would be posted by 5 p.m.
“At this point, we are going to keep trucking along and stay strong,” she said. “Cardinal United has no affiliation about what is being put against us.”
All sanctions were approved unanimously by the elections board.
Students can vote on executive board slates online on Monday and Tuesday.
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