Due to the unforeseen problems during the Undergraduate Student Government elections last year, many indefinite changes will be made to the elections code for the upcoming election in March that could bring conflict to the USG Senate.

From campaign rules to placement of the election polls, senators have been working on a new code to be passed in the Senate next Tuesday -- possibly including unlimited spending on campaigns.

"Personally, I'm for eliminating the spending limit," said Bill Rothwell, USG senator for North Halls."I think it can be done, it's just a question of effort on the candidates' part."

Town Senator Mark Sosnowsky also thinks the cap is unnecessary and candidates will not go out of control with spending. The cap right now is about $400.

"It becomes a hassle to enforce and almost impossible," he added.

But Pat Scanlan, former USG vice-presidential candidate and now acting president of the Penn State University Veterans Organization, disagrees with eliminating the ceiling.

"It would become a buying war," he said. "We see it a lot in national politics and we don't need it here."

The elections code is evaluated every year but is not always modified. After the 1994 elections many people felt changes were needed. There were problems such as a source from the media not being present during ballot counting and the number of students eligible to vote.

Scanlan thinks the code and the elections need more accountability regarding ballot boxes being transported directly to the place they are counted.

"A neutral person to escort the boxes would cure 95 percent of the problems from last year," Scanlan said. Currently, election commissioners transport the boxes.

Changes are being made for a few reasons and many people have their ideas for adjustments.

"If anything is changed it's because some point of the code could work better, to improve upon past years," said Dan Butterworth, Legislation Appropriations Review Committee chairman.

Butterworth added that the salary for election commissioners may be raised because the poll workers were earning more money than the commissioners.

The election code at Penn State is not bad compared to other schools, said USG President Mike King.

"We're doing pretty well -- other schools model our code," King said.