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The results came at the end of a furious campaign season that included handing out thou sands of fliers and parking cars plastered with campaign posters on Greene Street. Scott said his victory proves that students are “mainly con cerned about what the candidate can accomplish, and I think I proved that during the cam paign.” At first, it looked as if Scott would run unopposed until, on the last possible day, Norton filed for office with the support of the newly formed Palmetto Party. “Zach ran a good race,” Norton said. “I think both of us did a lot to get people involved, and I would just like to see Zach con tinue to work with the students, and I hope to see that he upholds the best interests of the students.”' Norton said he won’t “fade away into the darkness” and plans to file for a Cabinet position or fill a vacant Student Senate seat. “This Senate rules in his campaign, say ing that many senators fail to up hold their duties laid out in the SG constitution. “I think that being in the Senate for the past two years en ables me to have a certain amount of trust between myself and the senators that! will be working with,” he said. “And whenever I ask them to do something, it will be more like me isn i me ena of Patrick Norton,” he said. “Pm go ing to be around stir ring up some muck.” With the election i m so proua or um; Tor finally taking a stand, finally releasing and making a choice that issues matter” ZACHERY SCOTT SG VICE PRESIDENT asKing mem to do something that I’ve already done.” . Scott'said the first thing he plans to do is con tinue his work on improving com munication with over, Scott said he will now turn the Safety Committee and to be to making the transition to vice come familiar with the faces of the president, working with the administration, Faculty Senate Senate appointing committee and campusdeaders. chairs and deciding on goals for the new Senate session. Comments on this story? E-mail Scott emphasized enforcing the gamecockudesk@hotmail.com President CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Elections Commissioner Brooke Vickery said runoff elec tions can be exciting. “I think that in the past, some times the person who’s way ahead takes it all the way, and sometimes the underdog will sur prise you,” she said. “You never can tell.” Of the 2,513 votes for presi dent, Dreiling received the most with 767. Odom won 676, Ginny Wright 475, Justin Simmons 418. Bryan Murphy 111 and Tim Roberts 60. In addition, Wes Donehue of the College Republicans, SG Attorney General Brook Bristow, Vickery and David “Slingblade” Huntley all received at least one write-in vote. Dreiling said she was excited at her success. “I’m overjoyed that I got into the runoff,” Dreilingsaid. She also said she was confident going into the runoff this week. “According to the vote tally, I have a little more support than he does now,” she said. Dreiling also commented on Odom’s affiliation with the Palmetto Party. “I just hope that political party tactics don’t over look experience and honesty and integrity, and I encourage stu dents to vote again,” Dreiling said. Odom said he was happy with the election turnout. “It’s just begun,” Odom said. “We’ve got to get the students’ voice out.” Odom said he is concentrating on the upcoming runoff. “I’m focused on Thursday and Friday,” he said. “It’s like a foot ball game; you need to keep your focus on that game.” Odom thinks the Palmetto Party will affect SG in the future. “Win or lose, the party is going to be involved,” Odom said. He said the party helps the voice of the students reach SG. Wright said she does not sup port any candidate running in the runoff election. “I’m not endorsing anyone be cause I don’t think there is anyone in this election to endorse,” she said. Wright thinks SG will be disor ganized under its new adminis tration. “Student Government has been disheveled for the past year, and if the student body wants that to continue, they got it today,” she said. Simmons said that although he was disappointed he didn’t win, the results were still en couraging. i m reauy proua max in xnree weeks’ time and not spending a significant amount of money, we were able to put up the fight we did,” Simmons said. Roberts said he was glad the election was over and that he had fun running for president. “Watch out; I’ll be back next year,” he said. Brian Murphy could not be reached for comment. Current SG President Ankit Patel said both runoff candidates would make a good SG president. “Two good candidates made it to a runoff,” Patel said. “It’s the beauty of democracy.” Patel said he would like to see the new president continue the council system he implemented because it helps student organi zations get more involved with SG. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotma il. com Sweep CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 a sweep of the campus prior to 7 p.m., when the results were supposed to be announced, and found that several signs were still up. It gave candidates until 9 p.m. to take signs down or it could withhold the results until 6 p.m. the next day. The Student Government constitution mandates that the elections commissioner re lease results within 24 hours. Presidential candidate Tyler Odom appealed the Clean Sweep rule to SG Attorney General Brook Bristow, who ruled that candidates did not have to take their signs down but that the announcement was still at the discretion of the Elections Commission. “My job is to rule on consti tutionality. I don’t make elec tion policy, and I don’t change the election rules,” Bristow said. “I, for one, am glad that we got it in tonight. Student Government has to battle a lot of apathy and cynicism as it is, and having to delay an elections announcement even further would just continue that trend.” Vickery said that while Bristow said candidates did not have to take their signs down, the commission still asked that candidates remove them out of courtesy and re spect for the rules. “We can’t force people to do things that they are not will Treasurer CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He said he would like to thank his campaign manager, Kelly Bowen, for her help. “I would like to thank everyone else who voted for me and told peo ple to vote for me,” Edwards said. Edwards formerly served as treasurer of the South Carolina Student Legislature and Carolina Raquetball. He was also chief of staff for College Republicans. Grooms said he plans to stay in volved in Student Government next year. “I don’t care if I got elected trea surer or not,” he said, “I’m going to continue serving the students.” He said if anyone has any posi tions available in the Cabinet next year, he would be happy to help. Grooms also said students should get involved in SG because stu dents make up the campus. “Get involved. Do what you need to,” Grooms said. “We need people willing to serve. ” t Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com MOE LEVY'S All Carhartt lust Arrived Dickies, Gohrnibla aWoolrichShert and Shirts! Tyler Odom, a member of the Palmetto Party, - refused to remove his campaign signs by the Election Commission’s 7 p.m. deadline yesterday, calling the order to remove the signs an “insult to democracy.” PHOTO BY TRISHA SHADtyELL/THE GAMECOCK ing to do on their own, but we wanted to make sure that we rec ognized the people that did do it and congratulate them for follow ing the rules,” she said. Odom refused to take his signs down because, he said, it was un fair to the candidates who would be in the presidential runoff. “It took me three or four days to put all my signs up, and I think it’s ridiculous to assume that I can take all my signs down in two hours,” he said. Katie Dreiling, also a presiden tial candidate, said she took down all her signs because she wanted to follow the ruler “I feel that a c^ididate that could be the future president of the Student Government should follow the rules and shouldn’t feel that they can act above the rules,” she said. Treasurer candidate Billy Grooms said he didn’t get all his 500 campaign signs down by 7 p.m. and sent his campaign staff scur rying across campus to remove them. Haley Smith, a representative of the Palmetto Party; which backs Odom, said none of the group’s signs would come down. Odom said: “These kinds of things are an insult to democracy. 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