13 -1 A Resolution to Modify Required Candidacy Signatures
1
2
3
WHEREAS, University College and Graduate Senator candidates are required to obtain
100 signatures for candidacy; and
WHEREAS, University College and Graduate students are new to campus and have a
4
constituency that is widespread throughout the campus and have no
5
classes that are filled with only their constituents and have limited network
6
opportunities; and
7
WHEREAS, Limited access to the required number of constituents deters and/or
8
disqualifies potential candidates; now, therefore, be it
9
10
RESOLVED, By the Student Government of Wright State University here
11
assembled, that:
12
(1) The required number of signatures required for University College and
13
14
Graduate Senator candidates be reduced to 50; and
(2) Article XXI Section 2 C of the Student Government By Laws be
15
amended to reflect this change by inserting the following wording after
16
“…with the exception of”: “University College Senator as well as the
17
Graduate Senator, both of which will require a minimum of fifty
18
signatures, and” so that Article XXI Section 2 C of the By Laws reads,
19
“Prospective candidates must complete a petition for candidacy,
20
which includes securing legible signatures and student identification
21
numbers from members of their respective constituency. At-large
22
candidates (President and Vice President) need a minimum of three
23
hundred (300) signatures from the general student body. All other
24
candidates need a minimum of one hundred (100) signatures from
25
their respective constituency, with the exception of University College
26
Senator as well as the Graduate Senator, both of which will require a
27
minimum of fifty signatures, and the Medical School Senator as well as
28
the SOPP Senator, both of which will require a minimum of 40.”
29
Introduced by Tiffany Fridley, Ryan Rushing, Josh Hilgefort