Whereas, there has been a recognized need from the supreme legislating body at UC Irvine for revisions to the Elections Code, and

 

Whereas, a series of revisions set forth shall address the concerns made by the Legislative Council, with the intent of serving the undergraduate student community by having more concise elections guidelines.

 

Let it therefore be resolved that the following amendments be adopted into the ASUCI Elections Code.  

 

VI.

Change it to read:

            F. The order of the names to be presented on the ballot shall be determined at random       by the ASUCI professional staff before being submitted to NACS. Given that ASUCI     determines it feasible, the order of names shall be changed at random on the ballot for each student voter.

 

 

VII. A.

            6. The results of the Elections shall be posted on Friday of Elections Week at 5:00 p.m.,      outside of ASUCI, except for those races where an official complaint has been filed.

Change it to read:

            6. The results of the Elections shall be posted on the Tuesday after Elections Week           after ratification by Legislative Council.

 

 

VII. B.

            4. Public candidate forum(s) will be held during second week, in which all candidates       shall have the opportunity to speak for the following amounts of time:

                        A. Candidates for Executive offices: 3 Minutes

                        B. Candidates for Council seats: 2 Minutes

Add in:

                        C. Referenda Representatives: 3 Minutes

 

 

 

X. POSTING OF RESULTS

 

Add in:

            1. The Tuesday following Elections Week, Legislative Council shall ratify the elections     process on the grounds that the election process was held in a manner that did not             breach the ASUCI Constitution. The results may not be made public until this process       has been completed.

 

Enumerate the existing clause as 2.

 

 

Add in new article (shifting each subsequent article up one):

XVI.

 

1. A referendum shall have declared candidacy by receiving a petition of support from 8% of the undergraduate student body or by receiving a 2/3 vote in favor from the Legislative Council of ASUCI and the Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC).

 

2. The referendum may not be campaigned for until candidacy has been declared.

 

3. Upon official declaration of candidacy, an undergraduate student shall present himself or herself as the official representative of the campaign. This representative shall be the commensurate with the other candidates, with the purpose of being the primary point of contact for the Elections Commission on behalf of the referendum. Furthermore, the representative shall be responsible for going to the mandatory candidate meetings, submitting a financial statement, submitting endorsement forms, and any other duty delegated to the whole of the candidates by the Elections Commission.

 

4. A financial statement shall be submitted by the referendum representative commensurate with the financial statement of the other candidates.

 

5. Those running the referendum shall be responsible for complying with the University of California Policy on Student Fee Initiatives. This is to be made available by the Elections Commissioner.

 

6. Unlike candidates running for position, a referendum may receive money from a department if an equal amount of money is made publicly available to run a campaign against the referendum. Moreover, the department must make available all materials that are granted use to the referendum campaign team.

 

7. Upon presenting the referendum to the SFAC, the referendum team shall present a series of unbiased pros and cons to the Committee. The Committee shall have the ability to publish the list of pros and cons in the student newspaper. If the Committee feels that the list is not unbiased, they have the ability to modify the list for the sake of removing bias. 

 

 

XVII. FINANCIAL REPORTING

            E. Upon request by any member of ASUCI, the Elections Commission shall make any        Candidates' Financial Statement form public.

 

Change to:

            E. The financial statements of the candidates shall be posted for the public on the

            ASUCI website.

 

 

XVII. DONATIONS

            A. In conformity with the laws of the State of California and the policies of UCI, campaign funding may not come from the University, its departments, or Associated Students funds. For the purposes of this Code, the term “donor” means any individual (except an immediate family member) or organization who makes any monetary or non-monetary contributions including goods but not including services rendered, up to $75, to a candidate.

 

Change to:

A. In conformity with the laws of the State of California and the policies of UCI, campaign candidates, with the exception of referendum representatives, may not receive funding from the University, its departments, or Associated Students funds. For the purposes of this Code, the term “donor” means any individual (except an immediate family member) or organization who makes any monetary or non-monetary contributions including goods but not including services rendered, up to $75, to a candidate. All referendum representatives shall be exempt of this $75 limit.