The recent Decision of Appeal can be found here.
This appeal involves matters related to the February 2023 University of New Brunswick’s Student Union (UNBSU) general election. Gaia Noseworthy was a candidate for President of the University of New Brunswick Student Union. On Monday, February 28th, 2023, the UNBSU’s Appeals Board (Board) received Noseworthy’s request to appeal the sanctions placed on their campaign imposed by the Chief Returning Officer (CRO), Drashtant Varma.
The UNBSU Appeals Board finds in favour of the CRO and imposes the following sanctions:
The original campaign restriction in place by the CRO will be upheld. All campaigning will be suspended until Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, at 11:59pm. This includes all campaigning associated with new posters, social media post, social media stories, social media sharing, social media events, etc., along with no in-person campaigning or canvassing. Furthermore, the appeals board authorizes that any new campaign violations related to this hearing (Restricted Locations & Distancing) which may be found or reported to the CRO against Noseworthy’s campaign can be subjected to increased sanctions as long as said sanctions are relayed to the Chief Appeals Officer and/or the Appeals Board in advance.