Special Session: May 10, 2010
Posted on May 10, 2010 by adminNo Comments
A Special Session was called last week because the Elections Committee called every student who signed the nomination forms. As it stands 169 signatures were validated, as we have not reached the 200 signature mark we cannot approve at this time. The Senate will have the committee’s recommendations and we will go from there. The Elections Committee called everyone that they could not validate/invalidate and left 3 messages for those individuals to call the office phone line. The Senate needs to decide whether or not to approve the slate as is, hold a special election in the fall, require the slate to acquire 200 more signatures by a determined date, or another method.
Special Orders
Election Committee: Mr. Cody Horlacher
- The Elections Committee called all the numbers on the nomination forms and did not reach the 200 threshold mark the Senate moved for the committee to meet in order to require the Andrew Whaley/Jacob Maki to be considered valid.
- Mr. Horlacher is bringing the committee’s report to the Senate for them to decide what to do with the elections.
Unfinished Business
Election Committee Recommendation: Mr. Cody Horlacher
1. Approve Slate As Is
- 85% of the signatures were approved of the 200 signatures
- Senator Stephen Jansen moved to approve the slate as is. Senator Curtissa McMillian seconded.
- The motion passes by simple majority 7-4-3.
- Senator Jansen moved to overrule the Speaker’s interpretation of the definition of the word “obtain” (Pertaining to the Standing Rules) The motion failed 2-9-3.
- Senator Karen Drydyk moved to suspend the Standing Rules 10.4e and 10.4h. Senator Jansen seconded. In order for the slate to be considered valid, these rules would need to be suspended in this case because of what’s stated in the Standing Rules.
10.4 E. Any slate or candidate seeking executive position must obtain two hundred signatures. Fifty must come from each individual district, and fifty additional signatures must come from any other UW-Whitewater students. The signatures must have phone numbers, addresses, and dates following the name. All signatures must be from current UW-Whitewater students.
10.4 H. All write-in candidates must file the required amount of signatures within two weeks of the approval of the election results.
- The motion passed 10-4.
2. Hold Special Election in the Fall
3. Require the Slate to Acquire 200 More Signatures by a Determined Date
4. Other
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