General

1. Any member of the Association seeking to be elected to the Senate or the Student Conduct Legislative Council shall be referred to as a candidate. Candidates may not form slates.

   A slate shall be construed to mean a grouping of candidates to be voted for collectively on the ballot.

   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the endorsement of a candidate by any person, organization, or voluntary student organization, including political parties.

2. Any members of the Association seeking to be elected as the Council of Presidents or as Senior Class Presidents shall be referred to as a slate.

3. Any student organization requesting a Special Fee shall designate a member of the Association to be referred to as the sponsor. Actions taken by any member of the student organization shall be considered actions of the sponsor where such actions were explicitly or implicitly authorized by that organization or its officers.

4. Any member(s) of the Association or student organization(s) wishing to campaign against a Special Fee request shall designate a member of the Association to be referred to as the sponsor.

5. Any member of the Association wishing to campaign for a General Fee issue, whether to increase or decrease a General Fee by one of the options for setting the amount of a General Fee, or to create, change the base amount of, or abolish a General Fee, will be referred to as the sponsor. A person may be the sponsor of only one option for setting the amount of a General Fee

6. Any member of the Association wishing to campaign against one of the options for a General Fee level may seek to be a sponsor of an alternate fee level option. Any member of the Association wishing to campaign against a proposal to create, change the base amount of, or abolish a General Fee will be referred to as the sponsor.

7. Any author of a ballot measure shall designate a member of the Association to be referred to as the sponsor.

8. Any member(s) of the Association or student organization(s) wishing to campaign against a ballot measure shall designate a member of the Association to be referred to as the sponsor.

9. No actions may be taken by any member of the Association on the behalf of any candidate, slate, or sponsor without his/her consent. Actions taken by any member of the Association with the consent of the candidate, slate, or sponsor shall be considered actions of that candidate, slate, or sponsor.

10. No candidate, slate, sponsor, or any officer of a student organization seeking a Special Fee, shall be an elections officer.

11. The original sponsor may be replaced by a substitute sponsor by action of the appropriate student organization, author of a ballot measure, or member(s) of the Association, provided that the Elections Commissioner shall consent to such replacement. The substitute sponsor shall sign a declaration of intent. The substitute sponsor shall continue to be bound by all actions taken by the original sponsor before his/her replacement.