Election of Graduate Senators

1. The ten regular graduate and professional school members of the Senate shall be elected from one or more districts as specified in the By-Laws of the Association, the composition of which shall be based on an equitable apportionment of the graduate and professional school members of the Association. Each graduate and professional school member of the Association voting may cast one vote in the district to which he or she belongs for each of as many regular Senate seats are assigned to that district. In each district, the candidates equal in number to the number of regular Senate seats assigned to that district who receive the largest number of votes shall become regular members of the Senate. No member of the Association shall vote in a district of which she or he is not a member.

2. In each district, the candidates equal in number to the number of regular Senate seats assigned to that district who receive the next largest number of votes shall become alternate members of the Senate. Each regular and alternate graduate and professional school member of the Senate shall be assigned a rank in accordance with the number of votes received divided by the number of eligible voters in their district, provided that members elected in any special election shall be ranked below those elected in the general election or in previous special elections held since the general election. Should any regular graduate or professional school member of the Senate cease to be a member of the Senate, that seat shall be awarded to the highest-ranking alternate member from that district, who shall then become a regular member.