Election Code
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Section 1: Election Committee - General Provisions
Statute 1.1: The election Committee shall be comprised of the Chair and four Members appointed as follows:
A) The Chair of the Election Committee shall be the outgoing President of the Students’ Government association, if he/she should be a senior. If the outgoing President is not a senior, he/she shall not serve on the Election Committee, and in such a case the Chair shall be the Executive Senior Senator.
B) The four standing Members of the Committee shall be Senior Senators appointed by the Chair.
Statute 1.2: The Chair of the Election Committee shall be the Judge of Elections, and shall have day-to-day authority to rule on all questions arising from this Act, subject to appeal to a majority of the election committee.
Statute 1.3: The Election Committee shall meet no earlier than March 1st and no later than April 1st to affix the time for election to the Senate and Executive Offices.
Statute 1.4: The Election Committee, by majority vote, shall nominate three consecutive days in the month of April to conduct the Executive elections. The nomination must be approved by the Senate by majority vote.
Statute 1.5: The Election Committee, by majority vote, shall nominate three consecutive days in the month of April to conduct Senate elections. The days nominated must be no earlier than ten calendar days after the last day of voting for Executive offices. The nomination must be approved by the Senate by majority vote.
Statute 1.6: The dates for election must be nominated to the Senate no later than April 1st.
Statute 1.7: The Election Committee shall have final authority to interpret and enforce all rules and regulations regarding election to the Students’ Government Association.
Statute 1.8: Should the Senate elect, under Statute 7.2 of this Act to conduct an election by voting booth, the Election shall operate over the course of two consecutive days, which must be within the three consecutive days approved by the Senate.
Statute 1.9: Should the Senate elect, under Statute 7.2 of this Act to conduct an electronic election, the election shall remain open for the full three days approved by the Senate