Student Government President Cody Wells called a special session of the SG Senate last week.
Senators Tyler Loga, De Andre’ Beadle, Karla Frias and Scott Sullivan submitted a bill to amend the Student Government election code.
This bill would allow for the election period to be determined by academic weeks rather than by a set date.
Also, there would be a prequalifying period for candidates, and there would be two weeks of passive campaigning and one week of active campaigning.
The biggest issue with the old election code was a lack of inclusion and definition of social media usage. The new code would cover this grey area more clearly.
Loga also submitted a bill to amend the Senate rules of order. The bill would remove a clause stating that voting should not be done by electronic devices, and it would allow for the use of clickers.
Loga said the purpose of allowing electronic voting would be to streamline the Senate meetings and save time.
Senate Speaker Aaron Caffarel has also submitted a bill — one that would allocate $2,278.45 from the SG surplus account to fund the purchase of clickers for the Senate.
Caffarel told The Daily Reveille at a June Summer Planning Committee meeting he was hesitant to use student fees for these clickers.
Caffarel said Monday that surplus dollars are a combination of SG accounts from previous administrations that didn’t utilize funds. Caffarel said he approached the Union for clicker funding, but they denied his request.
Having the money taken from the SG surplus won’t take away from the current student fees.
Caffarel said the clickers would be a long-term expenditure that will prove beneficial for the Senate.
The Senate will meet Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Capital Chamber in the LSU Student Union.
 
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