Bill 0809M9 - Student Body President Elections and Officers

400. ELECTION AND REFERENDUM PROCEDURES

Section 1. The Election Procedures Committee (EPC) will be responsible for overseeing presidential election procedures and solving election disputes and violations of written election procedures and has the power to disqualify candidates from being eligible for President for extreme violations. The Election Procedures Committee shall consist of two representatives from the following: the student programming board (Student Union Board); the student state representative board (Associated Students of the University of Missouri – Missouri S&T Chapter); the residence hall governing board (Residence Hall Association); the Greek governing boards (Interfraternity Council and/or Panhellenic Council); and graduate student governing board (Council of Graduate Students). The Committee shall also include four voting members of Student Council. These four shall be nominated and elected at the second Student Council meeting of the spring semester by a majority vote. The Chair of the Election Procedures Committee shall be the highest ranking officer of Student Council that could be eligible to serve on the Election Procedure Committee. If no officer is eligible to serve as EPC Chair, Student Council will elect the chair by majority vote at the first Student Council meeting of the spring semester.
  1. The Chair shall make all decisions for the committee in the interim between Election Procedures Committee meetings, with the exception of disqualifying candidates from eligibility. These decisions may be reversed by the Election Procedures Committee at large if necessary.
  2. No member of the EPC can be a candidate for President, serve and/or aid a candidate’s campaign team in any form, show partisanship towards any candidate, or campaign for any of the candidates individually.
  3. No comments regarding the initiatives or personal life of a candidate, negative comments, whether true or false, may be expressed by the members of the Election Procedures committee. The only negative information allowed to be expressed shall be confirmed campaign violations as determined by the committee as a whole.
  4. Any member of the committee who is unable to fulfill his/her expectations may resign his/her position or face removal with a two-thirds majority vote of the committee or the general Student Council body.
Section 7. Rules for Campaign Financing
  1. Candidates may spend no more than $500 for all campaign expenses.
  2. Student Council will reimburse a candidate for half the amount spent if the candidate spends less than $400.
  3. Student Council will reimburse a candidate for $200 if the candidate spends $400 or more.
  4. No candidate may sell anything to help finance his/her campaign.
  5. No persons other than the candidates may spend any money buying campaign materials for any candidate.
  6. Candidates may raise funds for the “out-of-pocket” portion of their expenses through monetary pecuniary donations only.
  7. All receipts of campaign expenditures must be reported to the Student Council office before the conclusion of voting.
  8. All funds not used by the end of the campaign shall be returned to Student Council before the conclusion of voting, to be used in later elections.

Section 9. Voting shall occur from Monday through Friday of the third week of the campaign period and shall be open to all undergraduate and graduate students of Missouri S&T. Votes must be submitted using official ballots only. Ballots may be either written, electronic, or both. Written ballots may be submitted at the Student Council office or at official voting tables.
  1. Voting tables must be setup on campus in neutral sites. Voting tables may not be setup in housing units.
  2. Written ballots may not be given out to be filled out at a later time. Written ballots must remain at the Student Council office or at voting tables at all times.

Section 12. Council may include any items on the ballot, which are deemed important enough to call for a student referendum campus-wide vote, as well as any items that are required by the By-Laws or constitution.
 
410. COMPENSATION

Section 1. Compensation for the following officers will be made in two equal payments, one to be completed in the fall semester and the other to be completed in the winter semester. The first payment will be completed by the midpoint of the Fall semester, and the second payment will be completed by the midpoint of the Winter Semester
Student Body President $1250.00
Vice President of External Affairs $ 1000.00
Vice President of Internal Affairs $ 1000.00
Treasurer $ 750.00
Recorder $ 750.00

Section 3. In the event that any officer does not complete an entire semester, that officer will not receive any compensation for that semester, unless he/she can cite extenuating circumstances. If the executive committee approves, upon a three-fourths (3/4) vote, these extenuating circumstances as valid and applicable, then the officer can receive an amount of money determined by the executive committee and approved by a majority of the Student Council.

Section 4. If another student is elected to replace a position vacated during a semester, that student can receive the remaining compensation for the specific position as outlined in By-Law 410 Section 1. If another student is elected to replace a position vacated during a semester, that student can receive compensation determined by the executive committee and approved by a majority of the Student Council.
 
 
Respectfully Submitted,
 
Blaine Higbee
Executive-At-Large
Student Council
Missouri University of Science and Technology