KUCEC’s official statement. Provided by the KUCEC Facebook page.
KUCEC’s official statement. Provided by the KUCEC Facebook page.

On April 25, the Korea University Central Election Commission (KUCEC) announced that the Sisun campaign team, with candidates Ha Ji Woong (’14, Business Administration) and Cho Yong Joon (’17, Business Administration), has been disqualified due to accumulating three warnings. The sole candidate having been campaigned by Sisun for the 52nd KU Student Union (KUSU) reelection, no student union was elected ultimately.

As a result of several KUCEC meetings on April 24, a warning was given to Sisun. This was due to violations of electioneering bylaws such as campaigning to general students to encourage a higher voter turnout. With two prior warnings, Sisun had accumulated three warnings and its candidate pair was disqualified in accordance with KUCEC’s bylaws.

Nevertheless, the ballot count began at 6:42 A.M. on April 25. The 52nd KUSU reelection concluded with a voter turnout of 33.81 percent. Out of all voters, 67.85 percent voted for the candidate, constituting the majority vote. However, due to the disqualification, KUCEC declared that no candidate was elected.

With no further changes, the KU student body will function without a student union.

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