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Election Code

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Intro
Section 1:Election Committee – General Provisions
Section 2: Pre-election Procedure
Section 3: Qualifications For Election To Executive Office
Section 4: Qualifications For Election To The Senate
Section 5: Campaign Conduct

Section 6: Intentionally Omitted
Section 7: Election Procedure
Section 8: Electronic Election Procedure
Section 9: Opening And Counting Of The Ballots
Section 10: Special Elections

Section 8: Electronic Election Procedure

Statute 8.1: The Election Committee shall coordinate with the appropriate Administrative Office of the University to establish and conduct an electronic election.

Statute 8.2: The electronic election must be open to students for not less than three consecutive days.

Statute 8.3: The Election Committee shall have authority to rule on any disputes arising from the conduct of the electronic election. All accusations of misconduct shall be investigated by the Committee, with appropriate action being determined by a majority vote of the Committee.

Section 8.4: No candidate shall be disqualified without a hearing before the Committee, and without the concurrence of a majority vote of the Committee following a hearing.

Section 8.5: The Committee shall ensure that each student (excluding graduating seniors) shall be eligible to cast one and only one ballot per election.