Exactly one month after the Associated Students of Madison election results were announced, election season now seems to be winding down at the University of Wisconsin.

Six members of ASM filed a complaint with Student Judiciary against the Student Election Commission Oct. 31, calling for the Student Union Initiative election results to be voided and for new elections to be held.

UW student voters initially passed the Student Union Initiative in the elections held Oct. 18 and 19, but the six ASM petitioners alleged the campaign misled the student body with vague advertising and that the election violated ASM bylaws.

SJ heard the case Nov. 6 and ruled in favor of Student Election Commission one week later — thereby maintaining the original election results.

Last night, ASM made a case for an appeal against the original ruling, but SJ decided not to grant the members such an opportunity. Chief Justice Josh Tyack said the petitioners had little grounds for an appeal.

"We have denied the consideration of the appeal on all accounts," Tyack said. "Why should we take into account the other wordings of what this initiative could or couldn't do?"

ASM petitioner Patrick Elliott said the application of student-segregated fees to cover construction of a new Union South and renovations to Memorial Union was unfair.

Elliott also said he is concerned about the wording of the initiative and said a successful counter-campaign could not have been run because the Student Union Initiative was so well-funded.

Elliott and fellow petitioner Alex Statza filed the request for an appeal on grounds that new evidence against SEC became available.

According to Elliott, the new evidence would "reasonably alter the outcome of the case." He cited several media sources and a Student Union Initiative brochure and said all were evidence that SEC's actions did not follow ASM bylaws. He added the campaign language used to educate students about the initiative was misleading and differed from source to source.

Elliott also accused sponsors of the Student Union Initiative of lying because they spent more than $1,400 on mass e-mails to UW students but had previously said they spent no more than $30.

"The respondents definitely did not tell the truth on this," Elliot said.

Associate Justice Leah Moe, who is also SEC chair, said the respondents told the truth and Elliott's allegations were false.

Tyack added all the ASM petitioners' allegations were insufficient evidence to issue an appellate case.

"There is really no foundation for appeal," he said.

In an interview with The Badger Herald, UW Chancellor John Wiley said the language in SJ's original ruling was "unambiguous," and he intends to pass the Student Union Initiative to the UW System Board of Regents for their final approval.

— Joanna Pliner contributed to this report.