With a 52 percent majority, Franz Zenteno and Cory Lloyd were named the victors of UOSA’s run-off election held Monday and Tuesday.
President-elect Zenteno celebrated the news late Tuesday night at Lloyd’s house.
“I want to congratulate all of the OU students for coming and voting, and I just want to say thank you to them,” said Zenteno, political science senior.
Zenteno and Lloyd received 2,055 out of 3,960 total votes, election chairman Michael Ukpong said.
Ally Glavas and Zach McCullock were originally named the winners of the general election on March 31 with 2,246 out of 5,282 total votes cast.
However, UOSA Superior Court ordered a run-off election because no candidate received a majority and the automatic electronic run off did not include just the top two candidates as required by the UOSA Constitution.
“We want to bring everyone together and make a positive change so that everyone can be represented by student government,” Zenteno said.
Glavas said that she had no comment about the results.
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theotherone 2 years ago
Does anyone else find it funny that Franz and Cory "won" this election with less total votes than Ally and Zac did the first election? If 2246 voted for Ally and Zac the first time around, and only 2065 voted for Franz and Cory this time, is there not irony in the fact that they won this time with a smaller number of votes than even they got last time?
oufan5121 2 years ago
reply on cardsfan 918:
Wasn't it Jess Eddy's idea for the run-off election?
And anyhow, in the last four years, what actual, substantial changes have any of the elected members made on this campus? How powerful of a body is UOSA anyways? Ultimately these elected officials are under the control of the faculty and usually cannot make a huge difference that they all promise to make during their campaign.
I think that it is hilarious that you think this university is going to hit "Rock Bottom" through the moves of this election and like elections. Good one big guy.
soonerboomers 2 years ago
No comment? Someone is bitter. Can't even say congratulations? Gees.
bodi2526 2 years ago
I think the good guys won this battle which does not happen normally in UOSA. Franz is truly the most extraordinary leader; I believe his values and work-ethic will help shape UOSA into the type of organization it should be. Franz was never not honest to the student body- his passion and positivity could light up a room. He also did not just start working hard for this University a year ago. He has been determined to make a POSITIVE difference for over 4 years now. So when I am asked what I want in a UOSA President I would much rather have an honest Abe- who fights for what he believes in, then a President Ally/Bush "2000" (who might not have even won the election in the first place.) Congratulations Franz and Cory! And I also would like to say as a student of OU- thank you for fighting for a fair election. A run-off was needed and I am proud to have a President and Vice President who fight continually and are determined to impact, encourage, and lend a helping hand to all the Sooner students on campus. Stay Positive and work hard Franz and Cory! I cannot wait to see all the ways you will Build the Future and Bridge the Gap.
alh12 2 years ago
ougrad10, do you work at The Daily?
soonerrr 2 years ago
if at first you don't succeed, try try again... right franz and cory?
sooner12 2 years ago
"Ally and Zac did not lose because they were less deserving. Ally and Zac lost because people are too immature to uphold what is right and are too easily swayed by the voices that they believe to epitomize their values, such as newspapers and the UOSA courts."
Hey cardsfan918, what was so "right" about an election sytem based on rankings? When we voted for president last year, were we allowed to rank Obama first and McCain second? No, we could only choose ONE candidate and that's it. That's how it should be. But hey, thanks for your concern in UOSA and the University of Oklahoma, one of the nation's top schools. Obviously you care enough about UOSA to complain about it. Neither this nor any other election will change the fact that we are an elite school, no matter how you want to twist my words.
That being said, congratulations Franz and Cory! We hold you accountable for every campaign promise you made; go out there and prove you're capable of setting things right!
fratlyfe69 2 years ago
who cares who won. ally is a democrat and franz and cory are GDIs.. lose-lose if you ask me
UOSA1 2 years ago
Why is the number of votes that Franz Zenteno and Cory Lloyd received suddenly 10 less in this article then the number originally released? That seems odd... did some votes suddenly just not count?
boomersooner10 2 years ago
I voted for you! I'm excited for your issues to be addressed. We're holding you to your campaign promises and wish you all the best in the coming year.
cardsfan918 2 years ago
Ally and Zac did not lose because they were less deserving. Ally and Zac lost because people are too immature to uphold what is right and are too easily swayed by the voices that they believe to epitomize their values, such as newspapers and the UOSA courts.
So it is time to ask yourselves, students of this supposedly wonderful University of Oklahoma: are 2 people who complained and won the runoff election by the "legal" judicial system actually deserving of the top office at OU? NO, because this university tries (and fails) to uphold the same values as our own government (that system of checks and balances, heard of it), and when one branch(judicial) can overrule all the other three in conjunction with propaganda, it proves yet again that this university is headed towards a worse fate than a single election can possibly predict - to ROCK BOTTOM.
tayl4008 2 years ago
Fail
qm 2 years ago
@cardsfan918 What is RIGHT is holding to the constitution of our student government. Just as in our nation, the UOSA court has the right to rule something unconstitutional, which the previous election clearly was. This is the CHECK set up against the legislative and executive branch, both of which are involved in the elections. If you really don't get this, maybe you should take a government class?
As to your second allegation, Jess Eddy was the one that filed the complaint, not Franz and Cory. Obviously the student body wanted Franz and Cory, not Ally and Zac, as their UOSA President and Vice President, as that is how they voted when they were given the choice between the two. Maybe you should stop whining about how YOUR candidates didn't win and listen to the student body as a whole about the representatives THEY want.
djc0922 2 years ago
cardsfan918, The judicial system in the U.S. government has the SOLE power to "Determine whether a law is unconstitutional or not" (look it up yourself). That means that neither the executive nor the legislative branch has any ability to overturn the judicial branch's decision when it comes to declaring a law unconstitutional or not, because the judicial branch is SOLELY responsible for interpreting and applying the law (2x). The separation of powers does not work in a 2/3rds manner about everything, like you seem to be pressing. Therefore, the Judicial system of OU had the power to do what it did without any dispute from anyone or without disregard to the way the US gov works. All the OU judicial system did was declare the Meeks voting system unconstitutional for the following:
"It does not conform to the UOSA Constitution because not only did the winning campaign not receive a majority of the votes, but some voters, who as ruled by the court had their ballots uncounted, were not able to make a final choice between Glavas and Zenteno."
That is what led to the run-off.
Also, "in conjunction with propaganda" is your opinion, as well as your first paragraph, and the end of your comment as well. You can call the run-off election result or the recent Glavas campaign article whatever you like, but the Judicial system did its job. So don't be a sore loser about the way things ended up.
djc0922 2 years ago
Sounds like you're a sore loser dear cardsfan! The people spoke and you bitch instead!
TheJR 2 years ago
Why anyone responds to Cardfan918 is beyond me, anyway. The commenter has proven that (s)he is either Ally/Zac, or one of his or her best friends. Whichever.
crimethink 2 years ago
Government in general is a little ridiculous again. No candidate deserved the way the elections went, and government possibly looks more ridiculous than ever. What a terrible ending to a pretty good year, all things considered. UOSA actually accomplished many of the things it set out to do this year. Registered Student Organizations have close to $14,000 more this upcoming year, the UOSA Constitution and UOSA Code Annotated make slightly more sense now when they talk about numbers needed for petitions and such, Higher Ed Day was better organized than ever, the Integrity Council and Graduation Retention Task Force are better off, students' lives were improved by such projects as condom machines in the dorms and new sidewalks and bike racks, Green Week turned out to be a success, UOSA Tailgate provided a place for all students to gather before football games and continues to be a growing event in size and scope, Safe Ride has been evaluated and will be worked on, UOSA posters and fliers were more effective than ever, Pick A Prof continues to serve students, and there are other things that UOSA did too. Yet our student government cannot seem to tackle the monster of elections. This election should have been a bright spot on the year because it indicated that students were becoming more involved with more than 20% voting in elections. It is obvious that this number can be increased, and I want to initiate more programs to help this number increase. But the election ended up leaving a bitter taste in everyone's mouth. I cannot overcome my own disapproval of our own student government even in light of being aware of all of the good projects we worked on this year. How must the average student feel?
Yet, we must accept the outcome and move on. The unclear process was unfair to all involved, all candidates, campaigners, and students included. The laws we use for elections should be so clear as to cause absolutely no confusion. Foul elections are the trademark of failing democracies, and to gain the respect of the administration and the students UOSA represents, we must reform the election laws to avoid huge amounts of confusion as to what they mean. I believe that may be the most pressing issue (unfortunately) in UOSA at this moment in time. Nothing can move forward until students believe in the integrity of their student leaders. Again, we must accept the election results and move on, but we must not be complacent. We must never allow such election problems to happen again.
mitchwest 2 years ago
Cardsfan918--
Franz and Cory didn't start the runoff suggestion, Jess Eddy did. Jess Eddy, someone who wasn't even effected by the outcome of whether there would be a runoff or not.
thundergirl 2 years ago
I'm glad you guys won! You ran a clean campaign and I'm proud of our new president and vice-president!
chris89 2 years ago
good race. glad you guys won.
ougrad10 2 years ago
cardsdan918... So are you a chi o or a sig ep?
soonerrr 2 years ago
if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.... right franz and cory?
newname 2 years ago
Franz and Corey "groupies" had the same reactions to Ally and Zac losing the first time. It's politics someone is always going to gripe about it. What I don't understand is why grad students are taking time to look at someone's facebook and post it on here.
ougrad10 2 years ago
Directly from a Sig Ep's Facebook status... really nice
Matt Veazey I heard this franz guy isn't even a U.S. Citizen. Way to blow this one everyone who voted for them
Bri Barnes, Jake Schooley and 9 others like this.
Kurt Lucas Series tied 1-1.
Kenton Panas I don't have text messaging!!!!!! How are Franz and Corey going to help me out????? Guess MY vote didn't get counted this time. But hey sweet platform
Trevor Earl Jennings Oigo Corey es gay y Franz es el que juega con su pene. las personas adecuadas ganaron la primera vez, demasiado mal que el sistema engañó a los cuarenta años de edad.
I figured I would just make it easier for franz to read it.
Kurt Lucas Franz is my dads name. He is German. How did this guy get that name!?
Matt Veazey I think you get it with age....you know how that Franz dude is like 25. I'm not sure what he is still doing here at ou. I can assure you when I'm 25 I won't be living in the dorms
Ryan Baker I dont understand what all the fuss is about its easy to see how they won. The gay community's vote was doubled because they had someone else's cock in their ass at the time of said vote. Cory's vote counted for 50.
Kenton Panas The last time I called for a "do over" was when I was 4 years old. Maybe we should just start playing tag or red rover to see who gets positions on this campus. Obviously signing contracts agreeing to guidelines doesn't have much merit anymore. Looks like we were all confused more than we thought about how real life works...
Meg Griffith tag themmmmm haha
Congratulations (Allly and Zac's Friends) on being racist, homophobic, and plain rude.
djc0922 2 years ago
Haha! "Riddle Me This!"
STL, Your comments are horrible. However, I will give u points for style!
alh12 2 years ago
Too bad the real embarrassment is to the people at The Daily, especially the editors who represent the employees there - you let an article run that is an embarrassment to the institution of journalism. I know some great journalists who work there, but they are let down by the employees who promoted and publicized the article. Regardless of your opinions on the election, that article was extremely biased, untimely and inaccurate. It's an embarrassment to the journalism program at OU.
BillBrasky 2 years ago
And congrats to you, ougrad10, for creeping on sophomores Facebook profiles. You truly are a great American citizen.
Firefly21 2 years ago
True character shows in a time of defeat. We know now what type of leaders Ally and Zac would have been. I am so incredibly proud of the campaign Franz and Cory ran. Not once did I see posts during the initial defeat defaming or slandering Ally or Zac. I am utterly ashamed to see these comments! Im glad the friends of these people will not be running our student government and now more than ever I am convinced that Franz and Cory were the perfect people for UOSA!
jay86 2 years ago
I didn't vote, but after all of the things that have been happening, I wish I would have. You can tell be their reactions to losing which candidates are better: when Franz and Cory lost, they congratulated Ally and Zac; when Ally and Zac lost, their SigEp/ChiO groupies personally attacked Franz and Cory.
There's no need to be rude-- you lost. Go back to your normal lives instead of whining and being all-around douches.
butterfly13 2 years ago
i'm a freshman and i really don't like everyone's reaction to ally and zach losing. it seems to me that franz and cory ran a really positive campaign. everytime i saw them or anyone in their shirt, they were really nice. and now, when ally and zach lost, all my chi-o and sig-ep friends are saying such hateful things. i feel bad that ally and zach lost after winning the first time, but it seems like the runoff was the fair thing to do. and clearly people want franz as their president, not ally.
i'm exicted for you, franz! you'll do great!!!
brandeis 2 years ago
I heard that it was really SDS that came up with the idea to call the entire election system unconstitutional because they didn't like Ally & Zac. That is what they have been doing all year, taking the UOSA to court arguing about the constitution when they didn't get their way. Franz & Cory let them prepare the arguments for the case and such. I also heard that SDS and the two losing campaigns worked behind the scenes getting people out to vote.
So, for what that's worth.
zax4life 2 years ago
@ougrad10
nice to know you like to stalk SigEps, also really classy using their names.
Has the daily turned into the new JuicyCampus? I think so.
STLcardsfan5 2 years ago
Jay86: I assume this is Kumar or whatever your name is like "5 'O's and 2 'U's" or something. You got last in the real election behind two guys who could be my father, you suck. Keep your lame comments to yourself.
Anon 2 years ago
Uh, it wasn't SDS that did started it at all. As a member of SDS, I have to say that the first I heard about it was when Jess Eddy said they were filing the complaint to the Superior Court. SDS did not work behind the scenes to get people out to vote - and even if they did, what does it matter? People should be voting, that is the entire problem. So even if SDS had tried to get more people out to vote (again, they didn't), I'm not really seeing the problem here.
So, for what that's worth. Next time, please check your facts before gossiping, otherwise you sound like the writers at the Daily.
jay86 2 years ago
STL: Franz and Cory didn't get "crushed in the real election". Apparently you don't understand how it works, so I'll explain it simply. Ally and Zac didn't win the primary election. They took the top two candidates and then had an election between just Ally and Zac and Franz and Cory to see who the students would elect. Franz and Cory won. They won the one that mattered. So as far as OU is concerned, Franz and Cory won the REAL election.
jay86 2 years ago
STLcardsfan5: This isn't Jay Kumar. But I'm sure if you just keep guessing, you'll stumble upon who I am. So now that we've ruled 1 out, you've got about 20,000 guesses left.
As for lame comments-- do you even read what you write? First off, Franz and Cory didn't complain. Jess Eddy did-- about an unconstitutional system. Second, Franz speaks English, as well as 3 other languages. Don't be ignorant.
PapaSmurf 2 years ago
I probably would've voted for Franz & Cory if they didn't send 6 campaigners to my apartment complex Monday evening to knock on doors and beg for votes. So instead I didn't vote, because Ally & Zac lost my support in the primary election.
JJanowiak 2 years ago
Why shouldn't the racist and homophobic things Sig Ep members wrote on their walls not be posted here? Are they not held to certain standards as members of a fraternity? If Ryan Baker didn't want everyone to know what a disgusting gay-hating freak he is, maybe he shouldn't have posted that on someone else's wall. He should be immediately kicked out of Sig Ep and I plan on forwarding all this to the national organization because obviously this kind of racism and homophobia is a blight on our campus that has to be stamped out whenever it appears. You cannot be in an organization and not held to account when you start talking hate speech.
trevorjennings 2 years ago
to call ryan baker homophobic you are automatically insinuating Corey is in fact gay which could be found to be not only particularly rude, but down right shameful for you to assume that.
I am not sure how you can define him as a "gay hating freak" when looking at his comment in no way did he say anything rude about gay people. simply that they take cocks in the ass which i believe could be condoned as factual.
I dont think you can refer to any of those facebook comments as racist, if anything it was nice of those sweet young boys to take into consideration not only the concerns of others but to conveniently display them for all to see.
who gives a sh*t, its the president and vice president of a college. we all know they arent going to accomplish anything just like all the other presidents and vice presidents before them.
impatient_with_ignorance 2 years ago
To whoever reviews these submissions before they are posted: OKelvin is correct; STLcardsfan's ad hominem and racist road rage should be posted somewhere else on the internet (he enjoys the same freeedom of expression as everyone else -- and he obviously REALLY enjoys it) but not on an OU website. He is clearly clueless about how he appears to others and either unaware or unconcerned that he embarrasses himself, but his venomous drivel mocking multilingual international students is an embarrassment to the entire OU community. This is a university.
I must admit that the fact STLcardsfan calls others "ignorant" does provide some ironic but minor comic relief, but the price seems too high.
Also, can we begin a movement among readers of these comments to recognize the expression is "free rein" and NOT "free reign" ? Free reign does not even make any sense, even if it is the name of a band.
And is the distinction between "there" and "their" now a bridge too far ?
Anon 2 years ago
Because the election committee wanted to side-step having to organize an actual run-off election. The Superior Court said that the Constitution calls for a run-off between the top two candidates, and that the ranking system was not sufficient according to the Constitution.
This is something in the actual UOSA Constitution. They noticed that no candidates had gotten an actual majority and therefore, according to the rules, no one had really won, meaning that a run-off was needed.
It is America, and you can vote or not vote for whomever you want. Unfortunately, it was because of this that no one received a majority in the first election. Too many people did not rank candidates, which meant that 50% was not reached by anyone.
And that's the scoop, buddy.
jay86 2 years ago
Aren't you clever with your pop culture references, STL?
1) The automatic runoff ranking system was used like it had been in the past. Because there were more than two candidates though, the system created a runoff between the top three candidates, and then the remaining two. This goes against the constitution which says the runoff should be between the top two candidates.
2) The candidates agreed to the guidelines under the assumption that the voters would be told the purposes of ranking and the consequences of ranking or not ranking.
3) The controversy is in that the voters weren't informed about why they should or shouldn't rank. And you do have the right to vote or not to vote. And the 4,000 people that voted in the runoff election exercised that right and consequently, Franz and Cory won.
I hope you're enlightened by this, although I'm not an insider-- I'm simply informed.
0Kelvin 2 years ago
OU Daily,
How on EARTH did STLcardsfan5's comment get approved? I'm disgusted that this would appear publicly as representative of our student body.
If you're going to delete previous comments with racist and defamatory statements, why let this through?
"What is ignorant is the fact that you believe Jess Eddy just magically thought of complaining when he finished last and after Franz/Cory got crushed in the real election when Jess Eddy was pro Franz or at least anti Glavas after getting embarrassed at the polls. People are not naive and know Jess is a slime ball so do not kid yourself. As far as the language barrier situation, I bet I could learn a couple of languages as well if I was approaching 30 years old and have been in school for the last decade or however they work things in Latin America when you come here on a visa. And if I knew three languages I would probably learn how to speak clearly in at least the one that matters, English. I would just like to understand the person who is supposed to be leading our campus and not need a translator every time I hear him speak, but hey I guess it worked out for Arnold."
STLcardsfan5 2 years ago
Riddle me this then jay or should I say deep throat since you seem to know all this insider information...
1)why was the automatic run-off ranking system implemented if it was only a primary?
2)why did all the candidates agree to the guidelines until they worked against them?
3)as a voter all it told me to do was rank in order of preference, but did not say I had to rank them all, how did that cause controversy? as a voter I have the right to vote or not for anyone I want, this is America right?
Im sure you will go meet with Woodward and Bernstein and discuss this upon reading it and let me know the inside scoop. Thanks buddy
STLcardsfan5 2 years ago
First off I do not care who you are Jay.
What is ignorant is the fact that you believe Jess Eddy just magically thought of complaining when he finished last and after Franz/Cory got crushed in the real election when Jess Eddy was pro Franz or at least anti Glavas after getting embarrassed at the polls. People are not naive and know Jess is a slime ball so do not kid yourself. As far as the language barrier situation, I bet I could learn a couple of languages as well if I was approaching 30 years old and have been in school for the last decade or however they work things in Latin America when you come here on a visa. And if I knew three languages I would probably learn how to speak clearly in at least the one that matters, English. I would just like to understand the person who is supposed to be leading our campus and not need a translator every time I hear him speak, but hey I guess it worked out for Arnold.
BigLebowski 2 years ago
amen crimethink, anyone that wants to say the whole election process wasn't a disaster is full of it. Ally and Zac really did get screwed by the election process. Any student that didn't properly look into the reason why there was a runoff would think they had run a foul campaign, and the article written by Theta's president didn't exactly help them out at all either. It was impossible to have a fair runoff. They were at a disadvantage the moment they had the presidency taken away from them. As crimthink said, however, there is nothing that can be done about it now and everyone just needs to accept how the elections turned out and learn from them.