| October 5th, 2016
Impeachment Claim Brought Against Electoral Commissioner
By: journeymagazine
Words By: Kiara Whitehead
At the Wednesday meeting of the student supreme court a claim against Electoral Commissioner Adrienne Floyd was reviewed.
The claim was filed by an anonymous complainant and accused Floyd of not fairly and properly completing her job function. The complainant cited Chapter 901, Section 3 points H and L were violated by Floyd, the section states:
- “Incompetence” means the lack of ability, qualifications, or fitness to discharge a required duty.
- Removal referendum” means a ballot measure to put to a constituency affected. This shall be in the form of a petition, signed by a requisite number of constituents and in a form prescribed by student body law, that seeks to remove an elected or appointed student government official from office, solely on the grounds of malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, permanent inability of a felony.
The complainant alleged that Floyd displayed bias in her dealings with specific candidates on numerous occasions. The claim also stated that “Ms. Floyd is unfamiliar with the Election Code as outlined in Chapter 600 of the FAMU System of Student Body Statues.” The complainant, in the claim, also alleged that Floyd misadvised and mislead candidates and the commission due to her lack of knowledge.
In the claim the complainant recommended that the next course of action be Floyd’s immediate removal from office. The court ruled that an insufficient amount of evidence was provided to prove the claims brought against Floyd, for this reason Floyd will retain her position.
“I am new to this position and to the Electoral Commission but for someone to allege that I not only violated the statutes but also that I don’t know how to do my job is absurd. I uphold the statutes and the well-being of the student body to the highest degree,” said Floyd.
