Grounds for Certification

1. In each Senate district, a number of candidates with the greatest number of votes equal in number to the number of Senate seats in that district shall be certified as having been elected as regular members of the Senate. A number of candidates with the next greatest number of votes equal in number to the number of Senate seats in that district shall be certified as having been elected alternate members of the Senate. In making such certification, the Senate shall include the effects of any resolution of displacement previously approved.

2. The slate that is victorious under the preferential voting system described in The Scott, Foresman Roberts Rules of Order, (Scott, Foresman, and Co., 1990), pp. 418-421, except that ballots with no remaining valid votes still in the running after a tally not be considered toward the needed majority, shall be certified as having been elected as the Council of Presidents.

3. The three candidates with the greatest number of votes shall be certified as having been elected to the Student Conduct Legislative Council.

4. The slate that is victorious under the preferential voting system described in The Scott, Foresman Roberts Rules of Order, (Scott, Foresman, and Co., 1990), pp. 418-421, shall be certified as having been elected as the Senior Class Presidents.

5. A Special Fee request that received a majority of the votes cast, provided that this majority constituted at least fifteen percent of the members of the Association, shall be certified as having been approved.

6. The option for setting the amount of an existing General Fee that is at the median of the votes for setting that Fee amount will be certified as the new Fee amount, provided that at least fifteen percent of the members of the Association cast ballots in the election. In the case of exact ties, the option closer to no change (or no change itself, if one of the tying options is an increase and one is a decrease) will be certified as the new Fee amount.

7. A proposal to create, change the base amount of, or abolish a General Fee will be certified if it receives at least two-thirds of the votes cast, and if those in favor constituted at least fifteen percent of the members of the Association. The new Fee amount will be certified as the base amount listed in the proposal, regardless of the outcome of setting the amounts of existing General Fees.

8. A referendum that received a majority of the votes cast shall be certified as having been approved. A referendum shall take effect upon certification, or at a later date if specified by the referendum.

9. A Constitutional amendment that received at least two-thirds of the votes cast shall be certified as having been approved by the Association. The Council of Presidents shall forward this amendment in a timely manner to the Board of Trustees and the University President for their or his/her approval. The amendment shall take effect upon approval by the Board of Trustees, or the University President, with no additional qualifications; or upon acceptance by the Senate of qualifications specified by the Board of Trustees or the University President, in which case those qualifications shall be considered as binding upon the Association as the rest of the amendment.

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