The second round of elections ended without dispute, in contrast to the conclusion of the first round. There were no disqualifications, no reported computer glitches, no UJ cases by disqualified candidates or by disenfranchised voters, nor were there any election races rerun.The most surprising results were in the race for class of 2004 senator. It appeared that the race was not contested as there were only two candidates, Mark Brescia '04 and Nicole Amarteifio '04, running for two available spots. Brescia received 99 votes out of 177 (56 percent), which gave him a mandate. A candidate is said to have won an election in the primary if he receives such a mandate of one more vote than 50 percent. A write-in-candidate, Gabriel Reif '04, however, received 16 write in vote and Amarteifo (70 votes) did not receive enough for a mandate victory in the primary forcing another ballot for this office.

Due to receiving over five percent (nine percent) of the votes as write-ins and there having to be an open slot in the final round of the race, Reif was placed on the final ballot. He defeated Amarteifo in the final by more than doubling her votes, 106 to 50.

Reif said he had wanted to run at first but thought his friends were going to do so. He later found out, however, his friends did not run for this position.

"I was disappointed at first because I would have loved for these people to represent my class," he said. "But then it dawned on me that it was not too late for me to run for the position myself. The idea was very exciting, so I decided to start a write-in campaign."

Reif said he was worried that the 12 hours between the end of the primaries and the beginning of the final elections would not give him enough time to campaign. "When I found out the night after the finals, I was so excited that I had won," Reif said. "I woke up a couple of my suitemates screaming and running around my Ziv."

"I was pretty skeptical about my chances of winning the election, but the fact that I did win makes me take nothing for granted about the important responsibilities of my position, and I will fulfill them to the best of my abilities," Reif said.

The most competitive race was for the Union Judiciary (UJ) for which 12 candidates attempted to gain five seats. The primary election narrowed the field to 10 candidates. Although there were several candidates who received over five percent of the write-ins, they were not placed on the final ballot as election rules allow only the top eight candidates to be in the final round. The winners were Jon Landesman '05 (363 votes), Daniel Mauer '06 (293 votes), Rachel Present '06 (288 votes), Susan Abrams '04 (240 votes) and Avner Fink '05 (237 votes). Samuel Dewey '06 and Laura Yenchman '06 both fell just six votes shy of Fink. Landesman was later elected UJ chair by the justices.

"The Chief Justice position is a first among equals. No vote on the UJ counts more than any other. As Chief Justice, I have a few more administrative tasks than the other Justices, but the UJ acts as one board," Landesman said. "I look forward to working with my fellow Justices, and we all look forward to serving the Brandeis community to the best of our ability."

In the election for class of '05 senator, Mitchel Balsam '05 defeated Stephanie Steingold '05 by five votes, 119 to 114, after Erica Lemansky '05 won the other seat by receiving a mandate of 178 out of 291 possible votes in the primary.

The Class of 2006 final was won by Egar Ndjatou '06 (174 votes) and Robyn Kaplan '04 (140 votes). Kassian Polin '05 (74 votes) defeated Margareth Del Cid '06 (35 votes) for senator for racial minority students, and Becky Fromer '05 (455 votes) and Jonathan Cohen '06 (411 votes) both became senators-at-large as they won their uncontested race.

Jennifer Kim '04 won an uncontested race for the Union allocations board for the position of racial-minority representative. The A-board also voted Mark Schlangel '05 to be their chair.

"I am eager to lay the foundation for a better allocations process with the aid of my equally dedicated A-Board colleagues and the help of all the club leaders." Schlangel said. "Hopefully, through an open line of discussion, everyone's needs with regard to the funding process can be satisfied.