Mighty Oregon Campaign Manager Andrew Lubash filed a grievance against Ducks Like You senatorial candidate Juan Rivera on Wednesday, in regards to Rivera violating election rules section 3.4.2.
Section 3.4.2 states that “Signature gathering is not campaigning. Candidates may not post or advertise for signatures.”
On March 13, Rivera posted on his Facebook account asking for his friends to sign his candidacy signature form.
“Hello UO Friends! I need your help on two things and I hope you can help me! 1) I decided late in the race to run for Senate Seat 15, and I need signatures of people who support my candidacy (not a vote not at this time) just that I am a good person running for Senate Seat 15! Text me or message me and I can meet you around campus.”
“It was an honest mistake made by one of our slate members and we did everything could to fix it. The post was deleted within four hours of being posted,” Ducks Like You Campaign Manager Helena Schlegel said. ”This is a ridiculous attempt to create more ASUO campaign drama and we should recognize that we are students, and that we make mistakes.”
In the grievance, Lubash requests for Rivera to be removed from the ballot.
“We believe that all candidates should know what the rules are, especially since he’s a senatorial candidate,” Lubash said. “We go to great lengths to make sure our candidates are aware of the rules, and we would like to think Ducks Like You does the same.”
“We will fight to make sure Juan runs for office because he is a great leader that will make a great student advocate,” Schlegel said.
Rivera was unavailable for comment.
Alexandra Wallachy contributed to this post. Follow Craig Garcia and Alexandra Wallachy on Twitter @CraiGarcia and @wall2wallachy.