The Election Board recently received an election complaint pertaining to alleged active campaigning on The Commons Terrace by Oyinkansola Osolo. The complaint connects to a potential violation of the following election rules:
Rule 5: “’Campaigning’ refers to advertising one's candidacy through verbal, written, printed, or electronic promotion. ... “Active campaigning” refers to activities which involve direct physical, verbal engagement with people, and direct messaging via social media (see Rule 7).”
Rule 12: “No active campaigning is allowed from 12:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. during the campaign, and voting periods; passive campaigning will be permitted during the voting period.”
As a related note, all candidates received the following reminder via email from the Election Board Chair on Tuesday, April 7th: “Remember that active campaigning concluded [sic] this Saturday at 11:59pm. While you can share the link with students and explain how to vote, you are only allowed to campaign in a passive way for the duration of election week.”
After careful review of the complaint and 2026 Election Rules, the Election Board voted to open an investigation of this complaint into Oyin Osolo.
Since the information regarding Oyin’s involvement was limited, the Election Board contacted Oyin to request additional details. Oyin shared that she had picked up her campaign materials from commonvision that morning and was sitting together with a friend after said friend provided her with a frame for a poster. She clarified that she had been “organizing [her] materials,” not “actively campaigning or engaging others in campaign-related activity outside what is permitted.” As a result of this information, Election Board voted against issuing any sanctions.
The Election Board wants to reiterate that any student who believes that they have witnessed an Election Rules violation should report a complaint to the Election Board, remembering that complaints must be filed by 48 hours after an alleged violation is discovered OR by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 19th-- whichever is earliest.
EDITED on April 14, 2026 at 11:28am to correct errors in the spelling of Oyin's name. We apologize for these mistakes.