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<p class="MsoNormal">Next week Wednesday, March 9<sup>th</sup> (starting at 8 a.m.) and Thursday, March 10<sup>th</sup> (ending at 5 p.m.), the Student Government Association will be having their Senate and Executive Board Elections.
<b>ALL</b> students eligible to vote in this election. In addition to the election for Senate and Executive Board positions, the Senate voted last night to pass 4 pieces of legislation that trigger a student referendum as part of the election. This e-mail is
to serve as public notice for the referendum and the questions on the ballot. Results from the election and referendum will be sent out on Friday, March 11<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Students will receive an e-mail next week Tuesday with the link for the Election Ballot and Referendum.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1<sup>st</sup> referendum question: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Do you approve the Student Government Association to amend the Student Government Association constitution to create an election for the positions of Chief Justice and Election Board Chair? Yes or No.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current process is an appointment by the Student Government Association President.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2<sup>nd</sup> referendum question:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Do you approve the Student Government Association to amend the Student Government Association constitution to reduce the number of SGA Senator positions from 30 to 25? Yes or No.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current SGA Senate is made up of 30 Senators.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3<sup>rd</sup> referendum question:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Do you approve the Student Government Association to amend the Student Government Association constitution to restructure the Student Government Committees and reduce the number of committees from 7 to 5 by combining Campus Safety/Security
with Campus Life, changing the Public Relations committee into a Chief Marketing Officer position, and changing the Academic Senator position into an Academic Affairs Committee? Yes or No.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current SGA structure is 7 committees (Internal Affairs, External Affairs, Public Relations, Campus Safety/Security, Campus Life, Academic Affairs Council of Academic Senators, Public Relations).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4<sup>th</sup> referendum question:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Do you approve the Student Government Association to amend the Student Government Association constitution to eliminate letters of recommendation from SGA Candidate applications and continue further review by SGA’s Internal Affairs Committee
to review the SGA Senate interview process? Yes or No.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The current SGA constitution requires 1 or 2 letters of recommendation; however, prior Senates suspended the rules to eliminate letters of recommendation but it was not eliminated from the constitution.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#00386C">Jeremy Sippel
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Assistant Director of Student Government Association & Student Organizations</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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