COMPLAINT 1 REVIEW
I, Danielle Niangar, serving as the Attorney General for the Student Government
Association at the University of Houston, certify that I have received and reviewed
a complaint filed by Andrew Bahlmann against Winni Zhang, presidential
candidate for the Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve
Textbook Prices party.
After much consideration, the office of the Attorney General has found that this
complaint does not have merit under the fact that Ms. Zhang lacked the mens rea
of malicious intent or willful disregard necessary in the proposed complaint
regarding that she had begun campaigning before the official start of campaigning
season start, per Election Commissioner Austin Turman. The change made in Spirit
RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve Textbook Prices’
Facebook page was made with no intention of the change being made public until
the official campaigning season and that the Facebook notification that had resulted
from a digital miscalculation that lied outside of her control. The page was not
published until after the official starting of the campaigning season: February 13th,
2017, 7:30PM.
This complaint pertained to the General Election procedure and campaigning
season, therefore the decision was to the discretion of the Chief Election
Commissioner.
This complaint will not be sent to the University of Houston Student Government
Association Court of Appeals.
Danielle Niangar
Attorney General
University of Houston
COMPLAINT 2 REVIEW
I, Danielle Niangar, serving as the Attorney General for the Student Government
Association at the University of Houston, certify that I have received and reviewed
a complaint filed by Andrew Bahlmann against Winni Zhang, presidential
candidate for the Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve
Textbook Prices party.
After much consideration, the office of the Attorney General has found that the
complaint in which, “Project Red still exists and Spirit RED: Improve Parking,
Improve Mental Health, Improve Textbook Prices is directly responsible for [this
past party] and thus they should be held accountable…” is a complaint with no
merit due to the following clause:
Article 3, Section 6, Clause 2: “A party shall become official after being
successfully registered to the election commission. The party shall cease to exist
after the election concludes.”
This clause from the Election Code pertains to the General Election procedure and
campaigning season, therefore the decision was to the discretion of the Attorney
General.
This complaint will not be sent to the University of Houston Student Government
Association Court of Appeals.
Danielle Niangar
Attorney General
University of Houston
COMPLAINT 3 REVIEW
I, Danielle Niangar, serving as the Attorney General for the Student Government
Association at the University of Houston, certify that I have received and reviewed
a complaint filed by Andrew Bahlmann against Winni Zhang, presidential
candidate for the Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve
Textbook Prices party.
After much consideration, the office of the Attorney General has found that the
complaint does not have merit. After interviewing the previous owner of Spirit
RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve Textbook Price’s
Facebook Page and previous presidential candidate for the 2016 UH Student
Government Association Election of the Project RED Party, Shane Smith, I was
informed that the Facebook page was given with his consent.
Additionally, I was able to interview Ms. Zhang and review her financial disclosure
record. Ms. Zhang had recorded this Facebook page on her financial disclosure
form as needed.
This complaint pertained to the General Election procedure and campaigning
season, therefore the decision was to the discretion of the Attorney General.
This complaint will not be sent to the University of Houston Student Government
Association Court of Appeals.
Danielle Niangar
Attorney General
University of Houston
COMPLAINT 4 REVIEW
I, Danielle Niangar, serving as the Attorney General for the Student Government
Association at the University of Houston, certify that I have received and reviewed
a complaint filed by Andrew Bahlmann against Winni Zhang, presidential
candidate for the Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve
Textbook Prices party.
After much consideration, the office of the Attorney General has found that the
complaint does not have merit regarding the fact that the University of Houston
SGA Election Code holds no current legislation regarding the prices of “likes” on
certain social media platforms.
Additionally, I was able to interview Chief Election Commissioner Austin Turman,
who stated that, for the sake of the 2017 Election, a “like” on Facebook is
approximately equal to $0.05, and should be recorded as such on a candidate’s
financial disclosure paperwork.
Ms. Zhang was able to record such expenditure as needed as viewed in the financial
disclosure paperwork.
This complaint pertained to the General Election procedure and campaigning
season, therefore the decision was to the discretion of the Attorney General.
This complaint will not be sent to the University of Houston Student Government
Association Court of Appeals.
Danielle Niangar
Attorney General
University of Houston
COMPLAINT 5 REVIEW
I, Danielle Niangar, serving as the Attorney General for the Student Government
Association at the University of Houston, certify that I have received and reviewed
a complaint filed by Andrew Bahlmann against Winni Zhang, presidential
candidate for the Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve
Textbook Prices party.
After much consideration, the office of the Attorney General has found that the
complaint does not have merit regarding the fact that the University of Houston
SGA Election Code holds no current legislation regarding character limits in party
names.
This complaint pertained to the General Election procedure and campaigning
season, therefore the decision was to the discretion of the Chief Election
Commissioner.
This complaint will not be sent to the University of Houston Student Government
Association Court of Appeals.
Danielle Niangar
Attorney General
University of Houston
COMPLAINT 6 REVIEW
I, Danielle Niangar, serving as the Attorney General for the Student Government
Association at the University of Houston, certify that I have received and reviewed
a complaint filed by Andrew Bahlmann against Winni Zhang, presidential
candidate for the Spirit RED: Improve Parking, Improve Mental Health, Improve
Textbook Prices party.
After much consideration, the office of the Attorney General has found that the
complaint does not have merit regarding the fact that the University of Houston
SGA Election Code holds no current legislation regarding character limits in party
names.
This complaint pertained to the General Election procedure and campaigning
season, therefore the decision was to the discretion of the Chief Election
Commissioner.
This complaint will not be sent to the University of Houston Student Government
Association Court of Appeals.
Danielle Niangar
Attorney General
University of Houston