The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate held an informal meeting last night to discuss an anonymous letter accusing USG President Galen Foulke and his re-election campaign of improper behavior in the March 30 USG elections.

In the absence of credible evidence and the late delivery of the letter, the Senate exonerated Foulke and his campaign of all charges in the letter at this time.

The anonymous letter, allegedly written by a member of the Foulke 'N' A campaign team, charged the ticket with ripping down the fliers of their opponents of the eve of election day.

It also charged the ticket with illegally procuring and stamping campaign merchandise from the elections commission.

Along with the letter, an election stamp, which must mark every legitimate campaign material, was sent to The Daily Collegian and former USG Supreme Court Chief Justice Emily de Mers.

Senate Internal Affairs Chair Brock Coleman said to uphold the credibility of USG, he is taking the matter as serious as possible.

The informal Senate commission was also concerned with how these stamps were missing from the possession of the elections commission.

Town Sen. Vicky Cangelosi said since nothing in the letter could be proven, the Senate should be more disturbed by how the stamps were stolen.

Head Elections Commissioner Diana Maxham said in order to save money, they reused last year's stamps and are unaware of how many stamps they had in their possession.

She added that often stamps were thrown away if they were broken in the stamping process.

"I would be the first to admit I probably threw one away at some point," Maxham said. "Someone could have dug it out of the trash."

At all times besides the stamping sessions, the stamps were kept locked in the election office during elections, she added, though after the elections more than 200 people had access to the stamps.

Foulke said all the accusations in the letter were false.

"We did none of those things," he said. "They were obviously maliciously intended and not written by a member of the Foulke 'N' A campaign."

Foulke added that he invites the author of the letter to speak with him at any time regarding the blatantly false charges.

Pollock Sen. Mike Tomaselli said although no senator was expecting a resolution of the matter, it needed to be dealt with.

"This was called because there was such turmoil in Senate," he said.

"None of us expected much of anything will happen at all, but it needs to be addressed, and we are addressing it," Tomaselli said.

Maxham said she is most upset that the letter damages the integrity of the elections commission.

"These are ridiculous charges," she said.

"I've done nothing but positive things for this organization," Maxham added.

Foulke's campaign managers attended the meeting and reiterated how "preposterous" and "ludicrous" they thought the letter was.

None of the other executive candidates attended the meeting.