About 2,000 students cast votes in Tuesday’s Student Government fall election, Commissioner of Elections Amelia Burns announced at the Senate’s weekly meeting Wednesday.
Both referendums on the ballot passed, including a measure to prohibit students who resign from a position to return to that same position in the same semester, as well as other Constitutional changes.
Three Senate seats are open for runoffs next week, including one full seat in the University Center for Freshman Year, one in the College of Science and one in the College of Agriculture.
The runoff election will take place next Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 7 a.m. to 9:59 p.m., and election results will be announced Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium.
In other news, Christina Grishman, senator for the University Center for Advising and Counseling, presented a resolution to the Senate urging the Office of Finance and Administration Services to attach a hyperlink with descriptions to each fee on the fee bill.
Grishman said while attending Chats with the Chancellor on Sept. 29, a student asked Chancellor Michael Martin what each fee on the fee bill funded, and Grishman thought hyperlinking a fee breakdown would answer that question.
A copy of the resolution will be presented to Eric Monday, vice chancellor of Finance and Administrative Services, and Brian Nichols, executive director of the Office of Risk Management.
In addition, Kolby Lirette, senator for the College of Agriculture, presented legislation to the senate asking the Office of Registrar to apply a drop confirmation system for online scheduling. Currently there is not a confirmation for students when they drop a course on their PAWS account.
The resolution states “new students may be unfamiliar with the scheduling system,” and “the addition of the confirmation screen would help to prevent students from accidentally dropping their