One candidate for president wins the popular vote, but his competitor is eventually declared winner of the election. Sound a little like the 2000 election debacle in Florida? Well, it should. But this time it’s happening in our own backyard, and it’s students at Georgetown University fighting for the political careers.

According to an article published in the university’s student newspaper, The Hoya, a dispute has arisen from a contested election for the presidency of the Georgetown University Student Association. According to existing information, Georgetown student Khalil Hibri won 45.9 percent of the popular vote for the student government’s presidency in an election on February 16, defeating opponent Twister Murchison, who received 38.7 percent of the vote. Hibri and running mate Geoff Greene were disqualified shortly after the elections, though, accused of violating election bylaws by setting up laptops in a campus building on which students could vote, effectively handing the victory to Murchison. An appeal to the Election Appeals Board was turned down on February 25, seemingly closing the door on what looked like an embarrassing election dispute in the making.

But the very opposite happened, and the dispute intensified.