Undergraduate Student Government presidential, vice presidential and senatorial candidates will have to continue to pay a fee due to a decision made by the USG supreme court.

This year, senatorial candidates will have to pay $10 and presidential and vice presidential candidates will have to pay $25 in elections fees.

"Previously candidates had to pay fees because it helped to defray costs of elections," Elections Commissioner Brien Kocher said. "It was removed from the newer code because it was felt to defer candidates."

Senate President Ron Marlow said the fees are unnecessary.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Dennis Pollard said candidates will have to follow the old elections code, which includes fees, because the new code has numerous inconsistencies. The new code did not require the fees.

Because both the older and newer codes contain inconsistencies concerning the elections court, the supreme court has given a temporary injunction to the USG elections court.

"There is an inconsistency in Article VII, Section 2, parts 1 and five (of the elections code)," Pollard said. "It says that members of the elections court should be full-time students, but it also says that the court should not have members of the Undergraduate Student Government."

"This is a conflict because the USG constitution says that all full-time students are members of the Undergraduate Student Government," he added.

Pollard said if people have problems with the way elections are being run, or another candidate, they should go to the head elections commissioner. He added that the supreme court will help deal with cases.

Marlow said the senate cannot do anything permanent about the court's decision because of time restraints. The Elections Code must be passed by the Academic Assembly, which meets on Monday, and approved by USG executives. Elections are next Wednesday.

However, in response to the injunction, the senate passes a resolution establishing a temporary judiciary committee that would act as an elections court. Marlow will have the responsibility to chose three senators -- who are not affiliated with elections -- to serve on the committee.

"This is a responsibility no other senate president has ever been given before," Marlow said.

The resolution must receive approval from the supreme court before it can take affect.

Kocher said candidates cannot have copies of the older elections code because the USG office is lacking copier paper and the senate did not give him money to go downtown and make copies.

Senators agreed that the court's decision may be detrimental to elections and more trouble than it's worth to enforce a governmental document.

"A $10 fee for a senatorial candidate doesn't seem like a lot of money but it can be," said Senate Vice President Jon Barbour. "I can see someone dropping out because of this. I see no reason to have this. It just creates disorganization."

In other business, Pollock Halls Senator Jerry Brown resigned because of academics.

Brown was up for expulsion for missing five meetings, Marlow said. Marlow added that senators can be brought up for expulsion after missing three meetings.

The senate also appropriated $500 for the purchase of awards for accomplished and graduating USG members for the annual Transition Gala and $2000 to set off the cost for the purchase of a new copier.