The Rocky Mountain Collegian

ASCSU bill bans anonymity in all campaign complaints

Abstract:
Student government passed legislation last week that prevents any person from submitting an anonymous election complaint against a particular campaign to the Elections Committee to inject more transparency into the complaint process.

Supporters of the bill said future campaigns receiving complaint will now have better understanding of their criticisms, enabling them a more solid defense in grievance cases....

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Jeff

posted 4/28/09 @ 1:05 AM MST

I imagine this will be challenged-- although the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment does guarantee the right of "the accused" to face his accuser, one of the most protected elements of the First Amendment is the right to anonymous, political speech; mix that in with the right to file grievances with the government and you have a pretty compelling argument to get this overturned.

It seemed pretty shady to begin with, like that employee free choice act from the fall, the one that would have gotten rid of secret ballots. Opens up the situation to political pressure, and then actually reduces transparency.

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