Senate Bill 10-11-39
| Bill ID: | 10-11-39 |
| Name: | Amendment to the Process for Handling Tie-Breaks in Senate Elections |
| Proposed: | 01/20/2011 |
| Sponsor: | Alex Miletich, ARHU Undergraduate Senator |
| Proposal: | Currently, the practice used to settle a tie when filling a vacant Senate seat is a coin toss. A more favorable method is desired to solve seat vacancies involving ties, one that either involves the Senate as a whole or the constituency involved. |
| Active? | No |
Status
| Status: | Completed |
| Completed On: | 02/25/2011 |
History
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Elections, Representation, & Governance (ERG) Committee |
| Received: | 2011-02-25 |
| Decision: | The ERG Committee reviewed the response from the SEC. |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-02-09 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-02-16 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to accept the recommendations of the ERG Committee. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the advice from the ERG Committee at its meeting on February 16, 2011. The SEC voted to accept the recommendations of the ERG Committee. The Senate Office will change their practice of a coin toss to break a tie in an election to a practice of having the SEC member(s) of the same constituency break the tie between the two candidates. The SEC will send a letter to the ERG Committee detailing its decision. |
| Next Step: | ERG Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Elections, Representation, & Governance (ERG) Committee |
| Received: | 2011-02-01 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-02-02 |
| Decision: | The committee voted to forward its recommendations to the SEC for consideration. |
| Actions: | ERG met on February 2, 2011 and discussed the letter from the SEC requesting advice on changing the process of handling tie-breakers in Senate elections. After hearing from the author of the proposal the committee discussed viable options that would keep with the model of Shared Governance. ERG suggests the elected members from the relevant constituency serving on the SEC review the original candidacy statements of the tied individuals and select the winning candidate. ERG also advises that if, for those constituencies on SEC that have more than one representative (undergraduate students, and faculty and staff in certain instances), the selection results again produce a tie, the Chair of the SEC will then select the final winner. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-01-21 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-01-28 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to write a letter to the Elections, Representation, & Governance (ERG) Committee asking for advice on the proposal. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the proposal at its meeting on January 28, 2011 and voted to write a letter to the ERG Committee asking for advice. |
| Next Step: | ERG Review |
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