The result of the AUSA Senate election for president is in dispute and no resolution is imminent.

Last Wednesday, the Election Committee, made up of Jaime Grim, Pamela Mayer, Louise Rosenberg and Victoria Villescas, disqualified presidential candidate Aaron Schwarzberg due to allegations of campaign misconduct. The decision to disqualify him was made after voting closed Wednesday at noon, but before the announcements of voting results.

Current AUSA President Brian Kelley announced the rest of the Senate winners, but told the students waiting in the Student Life office that the Election Committee would have to take more time to review the allegations. Schwarzberg, in the meantime, charged that the election committee was never officially approved by the Senate, so his disqualification couldn’t be valid.

The Senate held an emergency meeting Thursday at 6 p.m., with the first 45 minutes closed, while the rest of the three-hour meeting was open to students.

The three presidential candidates, Schwarzberg, Molly Brown and Lauren Brooks, voiced their opinions and concerns about the situation while approximately 75 students attended, many speaking on behalf of the candidates as well.

“Yes, I was disqualified, but this has been entirely unfair because there were two sorority sisters on the Election Committee,” Schwarzberg said in the meeting.

He said the Election Committee was bias because two of the four committee members are in Brown’s sorority. But newly elected senior senator Rich Gould said that rules are rules.

“It was clear to every single ticket what the rules were because we all had to sign off on the rules. None of the candidates were aware that there was a glitch in the parliamentary procedure. Only one ticket violated the rules, and what does that say about the clarity of the rules?”

Schwarzberg explained, “Just because I was the only one who was disqualified doesn’t mean I was the only one who broke the rule. There was a loose interpretation of a contract that was constructed in five seconds by an illegal election committee. I broke less rules than the other candidates.”

Some students had other thoughts on Schwartzberg’s disqualification. Former Black Student Alliance vice president Fawntain Spencer argued that Schwarzberg’s disqualification was a biased decision.

“Schwarzberg was the only candidate who ran on a diversity platform, and while you may call it a conspiratorial platform, I think you disqualified him because of that,” she said.

The controversy has resulted in rumors and unrest in the DU community.

“I feel like the campus is divided and that is not what the Senate intends to do,” said Daniels Senator Joey Ham

Candidates, along with their friends and colleagues, have argued over who won the election and why the results were never announced.

Grim said that the Election Committee, along with the Senate and entire student body, has no idea who received the most votes. “I want to dispute the rumors that we made the decision based on who won because we don’t know,” explained Grim.

“This has not been a fun process for us. We have spent hours deliberating and investigating all complaints thoroughly so that we could have the most ethical and fair election,” she continued.

As of now, the Senate does not know what the next step will be in the election process, but there have been ideas of a re-vote and an impartial committee to make the decision. “We are trying to respect the student process,” said Carl Johnson, Director of Student Programs and Greek Life.

Presidential candidate Brooks said that the election has simply become “ridiculous.”

“It’s very unfortunate that something that was supposed to be fun turned out like this,” she said.