The Student Government Election Commission began hearing the first dozen of about 50 election violation complaints Thursday night at the Reitz Union.
Complaints filed by party members included allegations relating to misleading fliers, improper campaigning tactics and banners that were too large.
The first complaint the commission heard was from Orange and Blue Party President Sam Miorelli, who said the Gator Party members used two Reitz Union rooms to interview potential candidates for spots on the party ticket, even though the party had only registered one.
The counsel for Gator Party argued it was an honest mistake that happened because about 600 students interviewed for spots.
The commission agreed and handed the party a warning.
Jim Martz, a Gator Party senator whose term ends on Tuesday, said before the meeting he was most concerned about allegations that members and supporters of the Orange and Blue Party were campaigning door-to-door at off-campus apartment complexes with "no campaigning" or "no soliciting" signs posted.
"We've got witnesses, reports, even photos of them at the apartment complexes," Martz said.
He said it would be nice to be able to campaign door-to-door at large apartment complexes, such as Gainesville Place and Royal Village, but it is against the election rules.
"What really changes elections is when you get access to a group of people that the others don't have access to," he said. "We really believe that they gained an unfair advantage."
Miorelli said before the meeting he was concerned about fliers the Gator Party handed out that claimed the Orange and Blue Party was lying in its campaign promises.
He also said he had a problem with Gator Party banners that were "blatantly too big."
He said elections officials had seen the banners, and because they didn't do anything about them, they were complicit in the alleged violations.
By press time, the commission had only ruled on two of the complaints.
