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Student Association Independent Election6

Commission Bylaws78

Independent Election Commission Bylaws9

Student Association10

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee11

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ARTICLE IV-Student Association Elections Procedure12

13Section 1- General Elections Procedure14

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A. All SA elections and referenda shall take place to all enrolled UWM16Students.17

B. The Elections Commissionshall approve the ballot to be used in the election.19

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Section 2-Timeline26

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A. Student Association Elections will be held a consecutive Tuesday,2829

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Wednesday, and Thursday of April and/or May. If polling is online,

polling will open at 12:01am on Tuesday, and will conclude on 11:59pm on

Thursday. If polling is paper, then it shall be held for the same duration of

days, except conforming to the business hours of the UWM Student Union(unless the IEC has a compelling reason to schedule otherwise).The

Commissionshall announce elections results within 24 hours of polls

closing.

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Signature sheets will be made available publicly in the UWM Student Union

on the bulletin board outside EG79 and directly by email from the IEC within

24 hours of the passage of this constitutional referendum.

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Section 2- Signatures1

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A. validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for the3President/Vice-Presidential ticket.4

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validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for an At-Large6 Senate or Letters and Science seat.78

C. validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for any other9school or college Senate seat.10

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D. validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for the School of12Information Sciences.13

14Section 3- Write-In Candidates15

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Write in candidates must receive at least the number of votes equivalent to the signatures17 required to run for their school.18

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Article VI- Election Violations25

26Section 1- Violation Complaints27

A. Complaints may only be submitted by members of the Student Association.28B. A typewritten complaint may be delivered or submitted electronically to the29

Commissioner.30

a. The Commissioner shall inform the Commission of a received31complaint within two days.32

Section 2- Point System33

34A. Up to 500 points for physically or verbally harassing another candidate.35

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B. Up to 100 points for moving covering, defacing, destroying or removing37campaign materials.38

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C. Up to 100 points for making slanderous remarks in public or in writing.4041

D. Up to 50 points for placing materials in places prohibited by the City of42Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, SA or the IEC.43

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Section 3- Burden4546

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The burden of proof required to assess points shall be beyond a reasonable doubt. This1

means that there must be no doubt in the fact-finders mind that the individual accused of2

the violation committed that violation.34

Section 4-Removal5

6 A. Once accumulating 125 points, Senatorial candidates may be removed from the7ballot by 2/3 majority vote of the Commission.8

B. Once accumulating 250 points, Presidential/Vice Presidential tickets may be9removed from the ballot by 2/3 majority vote of the Commission.10

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Article VII- Recall Special Elections1314

Section 1- Procedures15

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Recall election requests shall be made only after four months of the new17 administration taking power.18

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B. The petitioner shall present a claim outlining the reasons for the recall request20to the elections commission.21

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C. The recall petition must be verified by the Commission and must contain the23amount of signatures required according to what is specified in the section24corresponding to the type of recall election.25

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E. Upon the successful completion of a recall petition, the Commission will set30the date, by a 2/3 majority vote, for a special election, which shall not be more31than 30 days after the petition is verified.32

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A. At the top of each page there must be a statement outlining the accusations37against the candidate, as well as the candidates name, and his or her office.38

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B. Petitions must have the students name, signature, school or college, date, and40his or her student I.D. number.41

42C. The statute of limitations on such a petition shall be 30 days from the date it is43

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D. The amount of signatures required to initiate a recall election on any elected1official is the same amount of ballots that were casted for the election of the2

office of President/ Vice President in the most previous election.34

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