TO THE EDITOR:
Concerning the 09-10 RHA Kenan Community election I as acting governor of Kenan was asked to speak with two employees of Department of Housing and Residential Education; Annice Fisher and Katie Bartholomew concerning the Kenan election.
In laying out some facts concerning the Kenan elections I disclosed an account of a resident alias Smith that explained how a resident adviser Karsen Lattimore had entered and submitted Smith's vote without their consent to do so on a department of housing computer. Smith expressed to me how they had felt pressured by Lattimore to input their information on the Web site when they did not wish to vote for any candidate.
Fisher and Bartholomew upon hearing a more detailed of this situation assured me that the matter would be fully investigated by the department of housing since the RA is an employee of the department of housing and was on duty in an official capacity at the time of the incident.
I have yet to hear the results of such an investigation by the department of housing and question whether one ever took place. However Lattimore in light of this allegation of voter fraud was selected by Residence Hall Association and/or department of housing to become an official UNC delegate to an RHA conference in Arizona this past month a virtually all-expenses-paid trip on behalf of the residents of UNC. I am hoping that answers may be provided concerning the results of the internal investigation that was supposedly conducted by department of housing and why Lattimore was selected in light of this charge in an RHA election.
Kendall Law
Kenan Community Governor 2008-09