ISU GSB e-mails sent via listserv discovered

Paige Godden —

An e-mail originally written by former Government of the Student Body vice presidential candidate Jacob Wilson was forwarded to two ISU list serves by the editor of Trend magazine Feb. 28, at 11:03 p.m.

The e-mail was sent to the “trendexec” and “trendall” list serves.

GSB Election Code states that, “E-mail communications through any Iowa State University list serve shall be prohibited within 24 hours of the voting periods and during the voting periods.”

The e-mail was originally sent to Trend editor Emily Mahaney on Feb. 26.

Wilson and former GSB presidential candidate Chandra Peterson were fined the minimum fine of $50 for breaking election code Thursday night after a similar e-mail was sent to a greek house.

In a short phone conversation, Peterson said the situations sounded similar and she would be upset if the campaign were to be fined again.