After a controversial election, some former Undergraduate Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates have decided not to file violations against the election commission.

During the days after last Wednesday's eletion, all of the candidates except USG President-elect Mike King and his running mate Lori Pennay (junior-speech communication) considered filing a violation against the election commission. But now all are bringing their campaigns to an end.

Erich May, former USG presidential candidate and former USG Academic Assembly president, has decided to "move on."

"I'm not filing a violation unless some great new evidence comes forward," said May, who will not work with USG next year. May and other cadidates had one academic week after the election period to file a complaint, according to the USG election code.

One point of contention last week was that two reporters from The Daily Collegian were denied access to the room where ballots were being tallied after the USG election. This violates the USG Apportionment and Elections Code Act, which states, "A representative of the media shall be requested to be present to ensure that the votes are tallied fairly."

April Campbell (junior-Spanish), May's running mate, said she is still unsure of the election commissioners' integrity, but agrees it is time to end the campaign.

"I have some unresolved feelings about it, but I'm ready to move on," she said, adding that she does not know if she will work with USG next year.

May also has some doubts about the tallying but said the USG Senate should decide if the election commission will be punished.

"I think the commission knows they made mistakes," he said.

Scott Payne, head election commissioner and Association of Residence Hall Students president, said May was the only candidate who came to him and questioned the tallying process.

Payne added that he believes the election this year will probably provoke change in the USG election code.

"I think the elections process will get better," Payne said.

The other tickets consisting of Carina Defferrire, Latino Caucus president, and Pat Scanlan, Penn State University Veterans Organization vice president; and Mathew Thomas (senior-journalism and English) and Joy Brown (junior-accounting), have also decided to end their campaigns and not file any violations against the election commission.

"As far as I know, we're not doing anything," Scanlan said. "We'll be working with Mike King and Lori Pennay to get things done."

After a week of waiting for violations to be filed, some election commissioners are pleased that May and the other candidates have decided to end their campaigns.

Jitu Modi, voting and tallying election commissioner, said he is glad to hear that the candidates decided not to file any violations.

"There's no animosity between Erich May and the commission," he said. "I'm glad he saw we did nothing wrong."

Modi added that he looks forward to working with May and all the candidates to better University life.

"I hope he still plans to do something for the students," he said.

King, whose first week of transition as USG president has been filled with problems by the threat of violations, is also pleased May decided to move on and said he wants to work with him and the other candidates.

"I'm really excited about the upcoming year," King said. "I know USG has a lot to offer the students, and I hope we can all come together to serve the students."