University students will vote on amendments to the Student Government constitution and elect senators to fill vacant seats in the SG fall election starting today and lasting until Tuesday evening.
Among the amendments being voted on, one would grant the president and vice president the ability to run for an additional term — for a maximum of two one-year terms — and mandate the president to appoint an executive staff.
The referendum will remove College Council officers who have been inactive for at least four weeks. SG Director of Communications David Holley said this is to prevent dormancy in SG.
The final change students will vote on is an amendment to allow the president to appoint judicial officers to University Court. The nominees would then need to be approved by the senate. The president will be able to appoint five of the nine judicial officers per term.
Currently, the officers are elected by the student body.
After students vote on the amendments to the constitution, they will have the opportunity to vote for senators for their senior colleges. Senators elected in the fall elections will hold their senate seats until next fall.
Students can vote online via their myLSU account at www.lsu.edu/sgelections. Polls open at 7 a.m. today and will close at 6:59 p.m. Voting will be reopened between the same times on Tuesday.
Holley said there will also be physical locations to vote across campus, in an attempt to increase voter turnout and the accuracy of student representation as well as to get more students aware of issues around campus.
The election results will be announced at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Live Oak Lounge in the Student Union. If necessary, a runoff election will be held Nov. 4 and 5. Runoff election results will be announced at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Live Oak Lounge.