ASU students elected a new president and vice president of ASU's Programming and Activities Board on Friday -- the same two students originally appointed by the board about three weeks ago.
The election followed an April 12 decision by the student government Supreme Court that said PAB acted unconstitutionally when it appointed the officers in late March without consulting the student body. The court ordered the board to hold a public election by April 23.
The board is the branch of student government that plans events for the main campus.
Students elected journalism junior Ferron Dunham for president and political science and Italian junior James Pedicone for vice president; they each received 89 votes.
Only 125 students voted in the town hall meeting election -- less than 0.5 percent of the main campus population.
Dunham and Pedicone were the original choices made in the closed-door meeting PAB held March 24.
Dunham said he was happy with the way things turned out.
"It was good we won; we have a lot of people behind us," Dunham said. "It was a good idea to involve the students. We can now say we were elected legitimately and all the planning we had started can continue."
Dunham said the first order of business for himself and Pedicone is to hire their new staff and start to plan this fall's Homecoming.
Math and economics junior Dan Moody, who filed the complaint that led to the Supreme Court's ruling, did not attend the election but said he was pleased with the result.
"I was never out to get Jimmy and Ferron," Moody said. "My main concern was the procedure in which they were chosen. I expected them to win and I'm glad they did."
Accounting sophomore Steve Bergman and marketing junior Mai Crone were the other candidates for president. Journalism freshman Andrew Moe was the only other vice presidential candidate.
Education junior Sean Ryan said he went to the election to support friend and candidate Andrew Moe.
"I wasn't too offended that students didn't get a vote in the original process, but I'm happy that I got to vote and it wasn't just up to the advisory board," Ryan said.
Business freshman Jake Donnelly was one of many Sigma Pi fraternity members who showed up to support Dunham, Sigma Pi's president.
"Students should have a part in the process, but Ferron was already chosen and a lot of people here are here to support him," Donnelly said.
Reach the reporter at annemarie.moody@asu.edu.
