1. Election of Class Representatives and Officers of the Student Senate
In addition to the rights and duties provided in the Constitution, elections of class representatives and officers of the Student Senate shall be conducted as follows:
In addition to the rights and duties provided in the Constitution, elections of class representatives and officers of the Student Senate shall be conducted as follows:
1.1. Regular Elections.
1.1.1. Regular Election of Class Representatives of the Student Senate.
1.1.2.2. The election officer will schedule a meeting of the seminarians in residence for the regular election of officers. The election officer will post a written notice of the election on the one-day board for at least the ten days preceding the election, in this form:
Notice of Student Senate Officer Elections. 1.1.2.3. The election officer also will make an announcement about the election at a community event at which attendance of all semi- narians in residence is mandatory at least once during the week preceding the election. 1.1.2.4. The election officer will preside at the meeting for the regular election of officers. There must be a quorum of at least 25% of the seminarians in residence before the regular election of officers may be conducted. No one may vote by proxy. It there is not a quorum at the meeting, the election officer shall suspend the meeting and reschedule the election to another meeting, providing the same notice as required above. The election officer will also circulate a sign-up sheet for those present at the meeting, to be provided to the Dean of Students. The election officer will ask the Dean of Students to take disciplinary measures against those seminarians in residence who failed to attend the meeting without a legitimate excuse. 1.1.2.5. After the election officer calls the meeting to order, he shall announce the candidates whose names appear on the written notice posted on the one-day board. The election officer shall also write those names under the respective offices on a large sheet of paper, white board or some other medium so that everyone in the meeting room is able to see it. The election officer shall then ask if there are any other nominations for any of the offices. Seminarians in residence may nominate other seminarians in residence or themselves to serve in any of the offices (subject to the qualifications provided by the Constitution or these Bylaws), although each seminarian who is nominated must agree to the nomination before his name may be considered as a candidate for any office. The election officer shall write the names of the seminarians so nominated under the respective offices on the large sheet of paper, white board or other medium. 1.1.2.6. When nominations are closed, either upon a motion that is approved by a simple of majority of votes cast by seminarians in residence present at the meeting or because there are no further nominations being made, the election officer shall instruct all candidates to leave the room and retire to a place where they cannot see or hear any of the proceedings in the meeting room. The election officer shall then offer a reasonable opportunity for seminarians in residence to address the meeting regarding any of the candidates. 1.1.2.7. The election officer shall then take a vote for each office by show of hands of the seminarians in residence present at the meeting. Each seminarian in residence present at the meeting may vote for one candidate for each office. If there is no candidate for a particular office who receives a simple majority of votes cast in the first vote, the election officer shall immediately conduct a second vote by show of hands for the two candidates for that office receiving the most votes in the first vote. If that second vote results in a tie, the election officer shall immediately conduct a third vote by show of hands for those same two candidates. If the third vote still fails to produce a simple majority of votes cast for any one candidate, the election officer shall cancel the election for that office and that office shall be considered vacant. |
1.2. Special Election of the President. A special election for president of the Student Senate shall be conducted according to the procedures for the regular election of officers.
1.3. Special Elections of Class Representatives. The president will appoint a seminarian to serve as election officer for the special election of a class representative. The special election will be conducted according to the procedures for the regular election of class representatives.