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t v JCampus jS South Carolina's Best College Newspaper Wednesday ' liil!iUiil^^^ VolumeLXX No.3Q University of South Carolina Columbia,S.C. Nov. 5.19rjCj ISPS The V\t Ronald Reagan was . Prf>cirffttit .limmxi rartar i - t i tight campaign in 1980. In fight over se 4 stud< in com By Tammy Kilpatrick Staff Writer ni l a /"? * rour Muueni uovernmeni members, including Vice President Jeff Floyd and Elections Commissi on e r Paul Reeves, have been held in contempt of court in a case involving a disputed student senate seat. Their case, which will go before Campus Court justices at 7 p.m. Thursday, involves a disputed Humanities and Social Sciences seat won by Rick Becker this fall. Becker's opponent, * *: ? i xi ? l : i - - * ?i mitiidci ixctbii, is) pruiesung '/ can't see how is detrimental to j like they claim...' the election claiming that six voting violations affected the election's outcome. Attorney General Tony Tumor r>itor! fPlnx/rl a mi nvi vivvu A ivjrvi UliU Keeves, but he said he could not "legally" identify the other two. The four were charged because Campus Court Chief Justice Lanny Umbert's injunction halting Becker's seating was ignored by Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Pierce. Becker was seated Oct. 15 by Pierce. PIKRCK SAID he could not find a clause in the const it ut ion a I lowing ''inner J landslide victor over n what was billed as a nateseat 2nt lead< L<?U1{JL Ul Campus Court to issue injunctions against seating senators. The E lections Commission has ruled the election valid. "Powers are being read into the constitution that aren't there," Pierce said. "1 saw no reason not to swear in Mr. Becker. I went by the committee's decision whether the election was valid." Floyd was cited because he allowed the seatine to o take place, and Reeves was cited because he is chairman of the body responsible for my being seated my constituents ? Rick Becker ruling the election valid. Nash protested the election before Becker was OV/UV^U. mu;i U1C ClULlIUIl was r"ied valid. Nash, his chief advocate, Cindy Graham, and his assistant advocate, Devadas Lynton. wrote an injunction that was signed by Lambert. RKLVKS SAII) the Election Commission decided to validate the election after listening to Nash's evidence. "I told Mr. Nash if he wasn't satisfied ho could certainly appeal. I don't have anything against him personally. I think the courts will settle this, and By Tom Coyne Staff Writer Ronald Reagan became j the 40th president of the United States Tuesday night as he defeated incumbent ( President Jimmy Carter in a lar victory. i . six states still too close to call and 69 percent ol i the precincts counted. | Reag; had 449 electoral votes a..J 29,844,2:M> popular < votes. 51 Dercent of the total < Carter had 45 electoral votes i and 25,052,303 popular votes, 42 percent of the total. An- | derson received no electoral < votes and 3.038,257 popular | votes. 0 percent of the total. The crowd was jubilant at J the Reagan celebration at 1 Seawell's Restaurant in ? Columi)i<i. "I trunk the win was vital to this country. We needed a 3<iKi Ot'll. Oil 1)111 Thurmond (R-S.C. >. "I'm not surprised by the size of ers held f court we'll abide by their decision/' he said. Lynton said Becker should not have hw?n the injunction was handed down. "It is our feeling that he shouldn't be there in the f first place. He (Becker) | broke six codes that would probably make a difference in the election that's being contested by Mr. Nash," he said. According to Lynton, Becker placed campaign literature within 50 feet of polls, and Nada residents not listed on thf? vntina chwit were allowed to vote with contested ballots, both violations of voting procedures set by the Elections Commission. Becker said his posters were placed over Nash's and denied his being seated would hurt his constituents. 4,I CAN'T SEE how my being seated is detrimental to my constituents like they claim. I have been told I could get an injunction against the people trying to stop me from being seated WVUUOV lliui O vlvll I 1 1 |V~ I II <1 I to my constituents," Becker said. Lynton, who has been removed from the case after senate Judiciary Committee investigations, said Student Government should not have seated Becker after the , injunction was received. "The people that should feel embarrassed about it anc Somebody At Carter headquarters, H was grim as the crowd realii election. "The president clearly lost Carolina," said Gov. Dick I "We must realize the great di not be upset with this defeat behind Konald Reagan." Riley While disappointed with tlv coordinator of Students for An A'as whether Anderson had needed to qualify for millions ii "We were pleased with his si He got 12 to 14 percent of the v< kvere displeased with his showi 40! only 2.5 percent of the vote. We're looking forward to h said. "The people are now far basis of support now. and he ea the electoral vote, hut the popular vote is even bigger than I expected. IV, vwuin I j VWUI14 ll\;i have stood another four ^ J ^ SG Vice President Jefi other people are being i senate seat. (Gamecock < are the Student Government Elections Commission, Richard (Pierce) and Jeff (Floyd)," he said. "Richard Pierce did not know his codes. In our opinion, Jeff r ioya s goi some airiy mud on him too." Floyd, however, denied he had the power to decide whether to seat a senator or not, since the Elections Commission validates elections. 1 ALLOWED it (the swearing in) to occur, but had I done something to stop it from occurring I would have been just as guilty as for letting it happen," he said. "It was Catch-22." Becker said Floyd should noi dc neiti responsinie lor allowing him to be seated. "There's no reason for Jeff to be in this, period. There's no reason for Mr. Nash to drag him into it," he said. A run off was held for the Humanities and Social Sciences seat between Becker, a write-in candidate, and Nash. Becker won mi* run-on z.wi wun \'i contested Nada ballots. Keevc.s, after validating the 1 has to lose ryan's Warehouse, the scene sed the president had lost the nationally, not just in South tiley, who supported Carter ilficulties this nation faces and We must put our full support said. , outcome. Laura Loro. t'SC iderson, said the main concern > percent of the popular vote I n federal campaign lunds 1 lowing in New Kngland. where I Dte." Loro said. "However, we ng in South Carolina w here he im running again in she niliar with his ideas. He has a in goon Irom there." years of Carter in the White House." Thurmond said. "We thought we eould win in South Carolina and a majority ot the South," said I Rep Carroll Campbell < H I i ^ ^ ^ * ' Floyd speaks at a senate m held in contempt of court i Photo) contested ballots, said the votes were split between the two candidates. Lambert said neither Pierce nor Floyd had the right to ignore the in junction. "It (the constitutional clause) gives the court the power to make things stay the way they are until there can be a hearing," he said "The jurisdictional powers have been misinterpreted THK Sl'PKKMK Court should become involved only in matters of appeal and does not have the power to overrule a Campus Court decision unless it is appealed, Lambert said. I a m Knr t e nirl U &j(i aui/v i i ou m i?v vi\n should not be seated until after the case is settled. "The question is: What if you go ahead and seat somebody and come to find out they need a new election, and the person doesn't win the second time? What happens if they voted on some big budget matter and they were the deciding vote and they weren't even the proper representative?" lie said. ins <1 lc S ). Keagan s ^t;it campaign chairman * I trail along we'd win. l>ti! iu'wi expected such <? manda>< Irom the peop!?* This stroiis' support ?II send a messaut to Congress.' I ?ee At water. Keagan SC. strategist. said ther were live reason** >\hi Prosiflcnl ( ': 11 I '?r I->^I election Kirst. Carte; couldn't take the campaign locus oil the economic issm Second, he ran a mud slinging campaign. Atwatei said Third. Carter didn't have a political base "A man without a politie.ii base is dead man." he said i he lourth reason. At water said, was that Cartel lost the debate to Keajian. adding that the debate was a critical turning point in the election Filth. Carter showed lack ol leadership over the past lour years, he said. lalik '< fljM ' meeting. Flo yd and three concerning a contested Today: Fair. High in the 60s. Low in the B 1A. JUS. Thursday: Fair. High in the 60s.