The Student Senate held an emergency meeting Thursday night to discuss the recent problems with elections — primarily dealing with the students taken off the ballot due to the Policies, Rules and Regulations.

The meeting concluded with the Student Senate denying the proposal to fast track a bill that would render the decisions made by the Elections Commission Thursday annulled, meaning that elections are still set to take place Monday and Tuesday.

The decisions included dropping Senators James Hankins and James Wally.

Will Quick, student body president, said this is the second time in a row Student Government has messed up elections. He said the PRR has put Student Government “in a bind.”

“We’re all in a situation where we are basically on the whim of the decisions of the administration,” Quick, a senior in biomedical engineering, said.

Greg Doucette, a senator for Life-Long Education, proposed a bill, which, according to Doucette, clarified that the decisions the Elections Commission made were not under its authority to make; it was the Senate’s authority to determine candidates’ eligibility.

Doucette, a junior in computer science, said basic principles of Student Government demand that every student has a completed ballot that has been stipulated in advance on their computers Monday and Tuesday.

Sara Yasin, a senator emeritus for the College of Textiles, said Student Government is supposed to protect students’ privacy, but if candidates are removed from the ballot, there are only two reasons that are possible: academics and student conduct.

“I feel like we are going through the Salem witchcraft trials,” Yasin, a junior in textile and apparel management, said.

David Foxx, a senator for Life-Long Education, said he was disgusted that the administration would allow candidates to campaign, spend money, andeven make Facebook groups and then tell them that they have to drop out of the race.

“At the 11th hour before the stage coach is going to become a pumpkin again [they tell him],” Foxx, a junior in political science, said.

According to Foxx, he doesn’t care if the elections are shut down or if he loses; he just cares about getting due process for his friend, Hankins, who was removed from the race.

“I care about doing what’s right,” he said.

Zach Adams, Student Senate president, said senators who are passionate about the situation should write recommendation letters to the administration explaining their views about who deserves to fill the Student Government positions. He said although Senate spends a lot of time writing bills, legislation is not everything.

“It’s not just about passing resolutions,” Adams, a senior in industrial engineering, said. “So if you want to stay here tonight, I’m going to write a letter of recommendation.”