March 3, 2011 - 4:31pm
After ITS error, Nursing School elections extended
BY JILLIAN BERMAN
Elections for School of Nursing representatives on the Michigan Student Assembly will be extended 24 hours, after an Information and Technology Services error made it difficult for some Nursing students to vote.
According to an e-mail from MSA Election Director Sagar Deshpande, ITS loaded an incorrect eligibility list for the Nursing School election. Deshpande wrote in the e-mail that MSA officials discovered the error after some Nursing students reported that they were unable to vote and instead had to cast exception ballots.
In addition to extending the election for 24 hours, ITS plans to contact Nursing students to explain the error and provide instructions for how to vote, according to Deshpande's e-mail.
Deshpande added that officials will vet any exception ballots cast by Nursing students and if the ballots are shown to be valid, then they'll be counted. In addition, Nursing students who cast their ballots won't be able to do so again.
