Upcoming elections for the South Halls Residence Association will most likely continue as planned despite a recent announcement that the council lost its charter due to constitutional problems.

SHRA President Bobby Zoldos said the association hopes to have a new or revised constitution approved by tomorrow. If the constitution is approved by the Undergraduate Student Government Supreme Court, elections will continue as scheduled March 21.

USG Chief Justice Dennis Pollard informed SHRA council members Monday night that the USG Supreme Court revoked its registration as a student organization due to two-year-old constitutional problems.

Pollard's announcement during an Association of Residence Hall Students meeting surprised and angered most representatives who said Pollard gave no warning for the action and refused to cite specific problems with the constitution.

Pollard said Monday he contacted the SHRA president several times during the last two years concerning the constitution.

Following the announcement, Pollard offered to meet with Zoldos to discuss the constitution's problems, Zoldos said yesterday.

"I don't know what changed his mind," Zoldos said. As of Monday, Pollard refused to reveal the nature of the problems, he said.

Pollard could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Although the council is now officially defunct, SHRA has not altered its daily routine, said Zoldos, who plans to run for re-election. Council members continue to staff the office and scheduled activities will go on as planned, he said.

Candidates running against Zoldos for next year's council said they were optimistic about the future of the association but regretted the lack of communication they believe caused the problems.

Better communication between SHRA executives and council members could have prevented the charter from being revoked, said presidential candidate Joe Milazzo and vice presidential candidate Ed Liszka.

"We were kind of kept in the dark," Milazzo said, who did not know there were any problems with the constitution until Monday.

Because SHRA meetings do not frequently meet quorum, the council suffered a lack of communication, said Milazzo (sophomore-civil engineering). Few SHRA members knew of the problems with the constitution, which could have been fixed with the council's s "It shouldn't be hard to get quorum (with) strong executive leadership and communication," he said.

If elected, Milazzo and Liszka (sophomore-pre-medicine) will develop and implement a viable constitution if needed, Milazzo added.