The special session of Student Government called for Thursday of last week was cancelled due to the inability to meet quorum.
To reach quorum and vote on bills, more than 50 percent of the Senate must be present.
Last week’s special session was called in order to vote on three separate bills.
One bill would allow for amendments to the Student Government election codes, while another would amend the Senate rules of order.
Amendments to the election codes would determine election periods by academic weeks rather than a set date and institute a prequalifying period for potential candidates.
The amendments would also define a two week period of passive campaigning and a one week period of active campaigning. The new code would outline accepted use of social media during campaigning.
The bill to amend the rules of order would allow for electronic voting.
A third bill, submitted by Senate Speaker Aaron Caffarel, would allocate $2,278.45 in funds from the SG surplus account to purchase clickers for the Senate.
Caffarel told The Daily Reveille at a June Summer Planning Committee meeting he was hesitant to use student fees to purchase clickers.
Caffarel said last week the surplus dollars come from SG accounts of previous administrations that didn’t utilize funds. Caffarel said he approached the Union for clicker funding, but officials denied his request.
Having clickers purchased by SG surplus funds won’t affect current student fees.
Caffarel said clickers would be a long-term expenditure that will prove beneficial for the Senate.
According to Caffarel, there are no plans to reschedule the special session before the start of the fall semester.
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