This document is a complaint letter filed with the University Student Court by Dakota Hall against Jesse Brown and the Student Association Senate. The letter outlines the facts of the case, which involve a bylaw passed by the Senate and signed into law by the Student Association President requiring SA presidential candidates to have served in an elected or appointed SA position for at least six months prior to the election. Hall argues this bylaw is unconstitutional and violates the SA constitution. The issues raised are whether the bylaw fails strict judicial scrutiny standards and denies students their rights under the SA constitution.
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USC1213-004 Dakota Hall v. Student Association of UWM Senate
This document is a complaint letter filed with the University Student Court by Dakota Hall against Jesse Brown and the Student Association Senate. The letter outlines the facts of the case, which involve a bylaw passed by the Senate and signed into law by the Student Association President requiring SA presidential candidates to have served in an elected or appointed SA position for at least six months prior to the election. Hall argues this bylaw is unconstitutional and violates the SA constitution. The issues raised are whether the bylaw fails strict judicial scrutiny standards and denies students their rights under the SA constitution.
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USC1213-004 Dakota Hall v. Student Association of UW-Milwaukee Senate
This document is a complaint letter filed with the University Student Court by Dakota Hall against Jesse Brown and the Student Association Senate. The letter outlines the facts of the case, which involve a bylaw passed by the Senate and signed into law by the Student Association President requiring SA presidential candidates to have served in an elected or appointed SA position for at least six months prior to the election. Hall argues this bylaw is unconstitutional and violates the SA constitution. The issues raised are whether the bylaw fails strict judicial scrutiny standards and denies students their rights under the SA constitution.
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USC1213-004 Dakota Hall v. Student Association of UWM Senate
This document is a complaint letter filed with the University Student Court by Dakota Hall against Jesse Brown and the Student Association Senate. The letter outlines the facts of the case, which involve a bylaw passed by the Senate and signed into law by the Student Association President requiring SA presidential candidates to have served in an elected or appointed SA position for at least six months prior to the election. Hall argues this bylaw is unconstitutional and violates the SA constitution. The issues raised are whether the bylaw fails strict judicial scrutiny standards and denies students their rights under the SA constitution.
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University Student Court
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Defendant Complaint Acceptance Letter Jesse Brown, This letter is to serve as your acknowledgement of receiving the complaint in the matter of Dakota Hall v. Student Association of UWM Senate, Case #1213-004, being heard before the University Student Court ofUWM. You have ten days to file a typewritten response to this complaint with the Court. To file a response, please submit the typewritten response to the Court in the Union in Room 373. Failure to respond to this complaint within ten days may result in you being found in default and the Court can move to summary judgment. There will be a trial conference approximately ten days after service of this complaint. You will be notified of the date, time, and location of this conference by the Case Member listed below after all concerned parties have been notified of service. If you have any questions or concerns, they may be addressed to the case member listed below. Case Member Name: Hunter Bennett Case Member Email: bennetth@uwm.edu I acknowledge receipt of the complaint in Case #1213-004, and am aware that I have ten days to file a typewritten response with the Court. Failure to do so or to appear for the pre-trial conference may result in my being found in default, and subject to summary judgment.
-s -- DJt'e Si l5fite FORMAL COMPLAINT Case No.: /21]-o o':{ ~ ~ r Case Code: ___ _ Dakota Hall drhall@uwm.edu -vs- Student Association Senate Jesse Brown brown242@uwm.edu Complaint I. Jurisdiction ofthe University Student Court (outlined in bylaws). II. Facts 3.1. The USC shall have jurisdiction to hear and enter judgment in suits brought against students, student organizations, and student governing bodies, by other students, student organizations or student governing bodies of UWM. 3.2. The USC shall be the final source In all matters concerning the Interpretation of the Student Association's Constitution and Its legislation. 3.3. The USC shall have jurisdiction over questions arising from the SA Constitution or student organizational constitutions. 3.4. The USC shall have jurisdiction over questions arising from bylaws, statutes, and resolutions of the SA Senate or any other student governmental body. 3.5. The USC shall have jurisdiction over questions Involving rules, ad judicable in the judicial governmental organizations, involving student life, services or Interests as provided by law. a. Statement of facts surrounding the case. 1) Rick Banks is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a member of the Student Association and co-sponsor of SB112-045 the SA Accountability Act. 2) On July 17th 2011 the Student Association Senate voted to amend the Independent Election Commission Bylaws to add the words "To be eligible to be placed on the ballot, candidates seeking the office of President of the Student Association must have served in an elected or appointed position within the Student Association for at least six months prior to the Student Association elections." 3) On July 18th 2011 President Kostal signed these bylaws into law. 4) The Student Association has on multiple occasions acknowledged its identity as a governmental body subject to the laws of the State of Wisconsin and the United States. Once in the Public Records Access Act and again in the Open Government Amendment. 5) Robert's Rule of Order States on page 442 lines 13-16: "Although in many instances the vice-president will be the logical nominee for president, the society should have the freedom to make its own choice and to select the most promising candidate at that particular time" 6) According to the Supreme Court, cases denying specified fundamental rights are subject to strict judicial scrutiny in federal courts. 7) On December 11, 2011 the Student Association Senate passed SB1112-045 the SA Accountability Act. 8) On December 14, 2011 Student Association President Angela Lang signed SB1112-045, the SA Accountability Act, into law 9) The SA Constitution states: i. Students shall be ensured participation in university governance at all levels, guaranteed to students by Wisconsin Statues 36.09(5). (Article II) ii. Students currently enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall be members of the SA and shall enjoy the benefits, responsibilities, and protection thereof. (Article Ill, Section 1) iii. An official of the SA is any official who holds a position outlined in the SA governing documents; all officials must be members of the SA. (Article Ill, Section) iv. The Senate shall formulate rules, regulations, and policies that govern the activities of SA. (Article IV, Section 8 d) v. The Senate shall have the power to approve all SA By-Laws. (Article IV, Section 8 i) vi. "Any power or duty not enumerated here nor outlined in By-Laws is hereby reserved for the Students of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee." (Article IV, Section 8 k) 10) On February 14th, the Senate Oversight and Rules Committee affirmed a discrepancy between SB1112-0111EC Bylaws emailed by Speaker Banks to the Senate and the ones signed by President Kostal with no reason to explain the difference. They judged that the ones emailed out to be the version passed that day. 11) On April 3, 2013 SA Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidate Dakota Hall and Harold luther were removed from the ballot siting that the previous bylaws had been in error and that the real ones contained the 6-month requirement. b. Factual allegations against the defendant. 1) The Student Association adopted a clause in its IEC bylaws that is unconstitutional in regards to the Student Association Constitution and the US Constitution. 2) The Student Association removed this ~ l a u s e with the passage and signing of SB1112-045 the SA Accountability Act. c. Supporting evidence which provides basis for the charges. 1) SA Constituion 2) Signed copy of SB1112-011 iEC Bylaws 3) SORC copy of SB1112-0i11EC Bylaws , 4) 07/17/11 Senat.e Meeting Minutes 5) SB1112-045 The SA Accountability Act 6) 12/12/20111ssue ofthe UWM Post 7) Email from Matthew Rosner, author of SB1112-045 II. Issues: State the issues surrounding the facts without speculation. I am of the opinion that this law should be struck down for the following reasons: It puts the ability to into others hands. This bylaw Is unfair because it takes the ability to qualify for office out of one person's hands and put's It into others. This opens the possibly of being discriminated on based on race, color, ethnlcity, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, marital status, national origin, political ideology, or age, in violation of the Student Association Constitution. To qualify you have to do so on other's opinions and choices, not your own. You have to either be elected (to be elected), or confirmed by the Senate (which may or may not happen if there are no vacancies, crowded applicants, their application is just plain Ignored, etc). Some students by choice, or by chance, will never qualify. As it stands it serves only as a means of limiting opposition and making getting elected unnecessarily harder. It fails strict judicial scrutiny. If you are to follow the federal policies around strict judicial scrutiny this law should be struck. Strict judicial scrutiny should be followed because fundamental SA right, the right to participate in all levels of shared governance, are being infringed. Strict judicial scrutiny allows a law to stand if it meets the characteristics of: serving a compelling government interest, is narrowly tailored and is the least restrictive means. The standing law fails to meet two of the three. Compelling governmental interest: The concept generally refers to something necessary or crucial, as opposed to something merely preferred. The legislative and administrative records show the intent to discriminate not because a person is unable to do the job but "less likely to be good". Statements indicated a desire for continuity and having knowledgeable but being elected or appointed for six months doesn't indicate that a candidate will continue the action of his/her predecessors. Nor does a candidate have full knowledge of the Student Association because he/she served on the senate, committee or as an executive branch appointee. A person could . . specifically lack If he/she has served In the legislative branch with no interactions with the daily duties of the executive. Thus the clause fails to achieve the said governmental interest, which is not compelling In and of Itself (compelling meaning essential to the operation of the organization). Being previously involved also Is not at all necessary to perform the job but preferred by those who passed the law. There is no "exceedingly persuasive justification" for denying students who have not been elected or appointed officials for less than six months. Even Robert's Rules of Order states: ""Although In many Instances the vice-president will be the logical nominee for president, the society should have the freedom to make its own choice and to select the most promising candidate at that particular time" Thus an. unfair burden Is placed on those who would otherwise be qualified to fulfill the duties of the office but Is now restricted. There is no "compelling interest" to justifying those burdens. Least restrictive means: The law should be the least restrictive means for achieving that compelling governmental interest, that Is, there cannot be a less restrictive way to effectively achieve the compelling government interest. The test will be met even if there is another method that is equally the least restrictive. lfthe goal ofthe legislature is tb ensure continuity and have knowledgeable candidates then there exists a lesser restrictive way to fulfill the goals by having presidential candidates trained and/or tested on the Student Association. Candidates could also be briefed on the current projects, goals and progress of the current administration. There exist possibilities that don't disqualify qualified people. It is outside of Senate's power. The only requirement in the SA Constitution to become an SA official, which is any position outlined in the Constitution or governing document, Is to be "a member of the SA." The Senate Is given the ability to formulate rules, regulations, and policies that govern the activities of SA and the power to approve bylaws. Neither the Senate nor anyone else is enumerated the power to set presidential qualifications. The US Congress would be out of order to do so by law and so here Is the SA Senate. The Constitution states that "Any power or duty not enumerated here nor outlined in By-Laws is hereby reserved for the Students of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee." That power is therefore reserved for the Students, by amending the Constitution. It places an undue burden on right to participate In All levels of shared governance. All students have a right to participate in all levels of shared governance as guaranteed by the SA Constitution. This law unduly limits students' ability to participate In shared governance at all levels (speCifically at the top of the executive branch) as guaranteed In the Student Association Constitution. Again some candidates by choice or by chance will never qualify to run for President. In fact the field of candidates would be limited to less than 100 out of 30,000 individuals, a gross perversion of democracy that is in fact an autocracy. The actions of SB1112-045 should stand because: No proof where change happen: According to SORC, the bylaws sent via email are different from the ones signed by then President Kostal. It was not changed on the Senate floor. It is just as likely that they were changed before they got to the Senate as it Is likely that it would change after the Senate voted on it. Both scenarios beg questions: Can legislation be changed by the author or otherwise, once it's been emailed to the Senate by the Speaker? What I believe happened is that the bill was changed before it was printed in the standard agenda packet for some reason and what all Senators had In front of them In paper was the same version signed by the President. If what the president signs is different from what the Senate voted on, what is the law? A signed version exists There is a signed version of S81112-011. It should be assumed that President Kostal read over the legislation to assume that it was correct. It would be surprising if he didn't notice that the legislation had changed. It should also be noted that no one else, before SORC, noticed the change, perhaps because they saw it (implying it occurred before the Senate meeting) The discrepancy is minor & there was intent to remove the clause. The only divergences between the two versions are the placing of the words. Regardless, S81112-045 should still nullify the word as that was its intent. The act was written using what was assumed to be the correct version of the bylaws at the time. As the 'acts, and its author's, clear intentions were to remove the six month requirement, and the Senate and President agreed, that removal should stand. IV. Conclusion a. Summarize main arguments. 1. This law is unconstitutional under the US and SA Constitutions because it places an undue burden on potential candidates, unduly limits the presidential field of candidates, fails to withstand strict judicial scrutiny, violates the SA Constitution's right to participate in shared governance and violates the student's reserved power to set presidential qualifications. b. Explain desired relief from the Court. 1. A TRO and lnterlucratory injunction be placed on: 1.) the enforcement of Article V Sectionl C.) of the IEC bylaws; 2.) The Student Association elections, pending the outcome of this case. 2. The clause at question of the .IEC Bylaws be declared unconstitutional and re-stricken. 3. An Independent Election Commissioner be appointment; who Is also not In Senate, Executive Branch, or University Student Court Dated this 3'? day of April, 2013. . d
' ' TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Plaintiff's Name Dakota Hall People Of Change drhall@uwm.edu -vs- Defendant's Name Case No.: Case Code: Independent Election Commission University Student Court /'213- oo/ I Plaintiffs Dakota Hall hereby apply for a temporary restraining order restraining (TRO) against the Student Association Election April 9-llth, this application is based on the grounds that there is currently a court case in the University Student Court about the elections and a decision made by the Independent Election Commission to consider candidates ineligible to run. Dated ~ . Constitution Student Association University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Preamble We, the Students of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, in order to form a more perfect student government, to ensure participation in student governance, and to promote our general welfare, do hereby establish this Constitution. Article I- Name The name of this organization shall be the Student A..sociation of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, hereafter known as the SA. Article II- Declaration of Rights Section 1 - Non-Discrimination All members of the SA shall be free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, marital status, national origin, political ideology, or age. Section 2 - Due Process All students and shldent organizations shall be guaranteed Due Process under the Law. In all judicial proceedings, the accused shall be informed of the nahlre and cause of the accusation; enjoy the right to a speedy, impartial trial; be confronted with the witnesses against him or her; have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his or her defense; and have the right to an appeal. The accused shall not be tried twice for the same offense; nor be forced to testify against him or herself; nor be the subject of unusual or excessive punishment. Section 3 - Open Meetings Every meeting of the SA shall be open to all members of the SA, except in situations to protect the privacy of individuals. Section 4 - Shared GO\Iemance Students shall be ensured participation in university governance at all levels, guaranteed to students by Wisconsin Statues 36.09(5). Article III- Membership Section 1 - Members Students currently enrolled at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee shall be members of the SA and shall enjoy the benetlts, responsibilities, and protection thereof: Section 2 - Officials An oftlcial of the SA is any official who holds a position outlined in the SA governing docutnents; all officials must be members of the SA. Section 3 - Oath of Office a. All officers and staff of the Student Association shall be required to take an oath of office upon their election and/ or appointment. b. TI1e oath shall read: AI; a student of the University of\Visconsin- Milwaukee I hereby affirm that I shall faithfully execute the office to which the students of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee have entrusted to me to the best of my ability, and shall preserve, protect, and defend the constimtion of the Student Association and abide by the governing rules of the Snident Association. Article IV- Legislative Branch Section 1 - Composition a. The Student Association Senate shall be the main body of the legislative Branch. b. The Senate shall be composed of 50 Senators and shall have the following disbursement: 1. Ten (10) Senate Seats shall be designated as At-Large. 2. Five (5) Senate Seats shall be designated for first-year students and shall be elected when the Fall Semester begins through the process outlined in the Senate By-Laws. 3. The remaining 35 Senate Seats shall be designated for each of the Schools and Colleges, with each School or College receiving at least one seat. Further Seats shall be apportioned by a proportional percentage of students enrolled in the particular School or College. c. The previous academic year's enrollment figures shall determine the proportion of Senate Seats to be apportioned. Section 2 - Positions a. l11e Senate shall form its membership elect a Speaker of the Senate at the first senate meeting to serve as Chair; the Speaker shall retain their voting rights. b. TI1e SA secretary shall be an ex-officio member of the Senate. c. Further Senate positions may be proposed and created through legislation or enacted in the Senate By-Laws. Section 3 - Terms A Senator's term shall last from June 1st of the election year to May 3l't of the next year. Section 4 - Removal Senators may only be removed through impeachment proceedings as outlined in the Senate By-Laws or through recall procedures outlined in the Independent Elections Commission By-Laws. Section 5 - Vacancies Should Senate Seats be vacated during the Senate Session, members of the SA may apply to fill the vacated seat through processes outlined in the Senate By-Laws. Section 6 - Meetings a. The Senate shall meet at least once a m.onth, and at least twice during the months of September, October, November, February, March, April. b. The Speaker of the Senate shall serve as chair of the Senate. c. The Secretary of the Senate shall take minutes. Section 7 - Committees a. The Senate shall have the power to make committees and have the power to appoint students to those committees. b. The Senate shall have the following standing Committees: l. Senate Appropriations Conunittee (SAC) 2. Senate Finance Committee (SFC) 3. Senate Oversight and Rules Committee (SORC) c. Standing Senate Committees shaH define their purposes and structure through separate By-laws to be approved by 2/3- majority Senate vote. Section 8 - Powers a. The Senate shall be the official voice of the students of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. b. The Senate shall take stances on issues pertaining to Students. c. The Senate shall have the power of allocating segregated fees is such a manner it sees fit described in Senate and SFC By-L1.ws as guaranteed by Wisconsin State Statues 36.09(5). d. The Senate shall formulate rules, regulations, and policies that govern the activities of SA. e. The Senate shall have the power of approval of Student Organizational Charters. f. Th.e Senate shall have the power to overturn a Presidential Veto by a 2/3 -majority vote. g. The Senate shall have the power to approve all Presidential Nominees. h. The Senate shall have the power to conduct Impeachment of SA officials. i. The Senate shall have the power to approve all SA By-Laws. j. The Senate shall have the power to approve the SA Budget. k. Any power or duty not enumerated here nor oudined in By-Laws is hereby reserved for the Students of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Article V- Executive Branch Section 1 - Composition The Executive Branch shall be composed of a President, Vice President, SA Secretary, SA Treasurer, and any officer the President sees tlt to appoint to his or her Administration. Section 2 - Terms All Executive Branch terms shall last from June 1st of the Election year to May 31st of the next year. Section 3 - Removal Executive Branch members may be removed duough an impeachment process conducted by the Senate. The President holds the authority to remove any officer he or she appoints to the Cabinet. Section 4 - Succession The Succession of Power shall be President - Vice President - Speaker of the Senate - SA Secretary. Section 5 - President a. The President shall be the chief administrative officer of the Student Association. b. The President shall have the power to nominate candidates for SA Treasurer, SA Secretary, Student Court Justices, and the Independent Elections Commissioner. c. The President shall have the power to sign or veto legislation, but shall only have seven 7 days to notify the Senate of any veto. l11e veto shall be included in the next Senate Agenda. Should the President neither sign nor veto the legislation after 7 days the bill shall become law. d. TI1e President shall not be allowed to veto results of ilnpeachment proceedings nor shall not be allowed to veto Senate Appointments. e. TI1c President shall conduct his or her office as outlined by the Executive By-Laws. Section 6 - Vice President a. The Vice President shall have the tie-breaking vote in Senate. b. TI1e Vice President shall conduct his or her oft1ce as outlined by the Executive By-Laws. Section 7 - SA Secretary TI1e SA Secretary shall conduct his or her office as outlined in SA By-Laws. Section 8 - SA Treasurer a. The SAT reasurer shall keep a complete an accurate record of all financial materials of the SA. b. The SA Treasurer shall conduct his or her office as outlined in SA By-Laws. Section 9 - Executive Committees The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President 1 Vice President, SA Secretary, SA Treasurer, Speaker of the Senate 1 and two (2) members of the Senate appointed by the Speaker and confirmed by the Senate. Article VI - [udicial Branch Section 1 - Composition The Judicial Branch shall have a University Court 1 which shall have tlve justices. These Justices may not hold any other office in SA. Section 2 - Terms The Term of office shall be two years. No justice may serve more than two terms. Section 3 - Positions a. TI1e Chief Justice shall be the head officer of the University Smdent Court. b. The Parliamentarian shall be a non-voting member of the Senate 1 and shall serve as an advisor of rules. c. 1l1e Clerk of the Court shall keep the records of the University Student Court. Section 4 -Jurisdiction a. 1l1e University Student Court shall have jurisdiction over the SA governing documents and student organizational governing documents. b. The University Student Court shall have jurisdiction over smdent violations of University Parking. c. TI1e University Student Court shall have jurisdiction on disputes between student organizations and disputes between students and student organizations. Section 5 - Removal Any member of the Judicial Branch may be removed by a 2/3 - majority vote of senate. Article VII - Elections Section 1 - Independent Election Commission The Independent Elections Commission shall have the duty of running the Student Association Elections, and Referenda. Section 2 - Independent Elections Commissioner The Independent Elections Commissioner shall have the duty of overseeing and managing the Independent Election Commission and shall be responsible for appointing additional officers for the conduct of business. The Senate may remove the IEC upon a 2/3 - majority vote. Section 3 - Elected Positions The Office of President, Vice President, and all Senate Seats shall be elected during the Student Association Elections. Section 4 - Date of Elections Student Association Elections shall be held in April as outlined in the IEC By-laws. Section 5 - Recall Any elected officer of the SA n1ay be recalled by a petition signed by a percentage of constituents the SA officer represents. The percentage shall be defined in Independent Election Commission By-Laws. Upon a successful completion of recall petitions the Independent Elections Commission shall hold a special election. Article VIII - Bvlaws Senate Bylaws shall take precedent over all other SA Bylaws. Article IX- Amendments Section 1 - Proposal Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by either a 2/3 -majority vote of Senate or by a petition signed by 5% of the members of SA. Section 2 - Adoption Amendments to this Constitution shall be adopted by a majority vote of SA members during Student Association Elections. Article X- Enactment a. This document shall be enacted upon the passage of the Senate by 2/3 vote and a majority of the members of SA. b. TI1is document shall replace any and all previous documents and shall be the Official Constitution of the Smdent Association of the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. c. Ar1y previous constitutions are now null and void. 2 3 4 -c------------------------------- s.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 6 Student Independent Election
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Independent Election Commission Bylaws Stndent Association University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Article !-Name _ The Independent Election Commission shall hereby be known as the Commission, Article-IT-Composition, Duties, and Powers of the Commission Section !-Composition The Commission shall be composed of the Election Commissioner, who shall have witnessed at least one prior annual SA election, the Chief Justice of the University Student Court, and one other Justice appointed by the Chief Justice. Section 2-Duties A. General 1 . The Commission shall run the SA elections and referenda. 2. The Commission shall ensure a safe, secure, oniine, democratic elections process. 3, The Commission shall conduct itself in accordance with Robert's Ru1es of Order. B. The Commission shall be responsible for1naking available all necessary forms in accordance with the timeline outlined in Article IV, Section 2. 1. The Commission shall be responsible for creating party registiatiorifor:niS. PartY registration forms shall be made available no later than the last date of final exams during the fall semester.- 2. Nomination forms and signature sheets will be created and . made available by the Commission C. Violations and Investigatiolis 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ,30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 1. The Cominission shall investigate, hear; and punish individuals for violating the Independent Elections Commission Bylaws at any time during the election process, 2. The Commission shall notify any candidate accused of a campaign violation within two school days after the Commissioner or his/her DeputieS have noticed a violation, a. The Commission shall hold hearings for campaign violations within three school days after receiving the violation, The Commission shall make their decision by a 2/3 majority vote, D. The Commission shall approve the Ballot for Elections and/or Recall, E. The Commission shall prepare online brochures for each race, listing the qualified candidates that will appear on the ballot, and their campaign statement, . Section 3-Powers A, The Commission shall have the power to investigate any individual seeldng office,_ at any time, during the electioriB process. B. The Commission shall have the power to remove individuals seeldng office from the ballot once they have accumulated the number of points that necessitate removal pursuant to Article VI, Section 4, C, The Commission shall have the power to deny hearing allegations of campaign violations which are repetitive and/or deemed as frivolous and/or abusive to the hearing process. D, The Commission shall have the responsibility and power to create the ballot for elections and recall. i. All ballots Will be iri electronic, online foim. ii, All signature sheets shall be turned into the Dean of Students office, or an office qesignated by the Dean of Students. This office shall validate signatures and forward them to the Commission. The Office shall track the order of 2 ,. I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39. 40 41 42 43 44 received signature sheets. The Commission shall not have the power to validate signatures. iii. The Commission shall, after successfully receiving the required validated signatures, place all qualified candidate names in full, according to the office sought, on the online ballot, in the order in which the signature sheets were initially received. The candidates will be placed on the ballot under their party name, and parties shall be listed alphabetically. Independents shall be placed at the bottom of the ballot.' All ballots must include space for write-in candidates equal to the maximum number of candidates for each section in the ballot. The final ballot shall be approved by a 2/3 majority vote of the Coinmission. E. The Coinmission shall have the power to approve ballots for Referenda. The Commission shall post the referenda ballot online, with wording approved by 2/3 of the SA Senate. F. The Commission shall have the power to create party registration forms. G. The Commission shall assume all duties of the Commissioner, and may act as a commission, so long as the position of Elections Commissioneds vacant. The Chief Justice shall chair the commission until a Commissioner is confirmed. Article ill-Duties and Powers of the Com!nlssloner Section 1- Duties A. The commissioner, with his/her Commission, shall have the duty of ensuring a safe, secure; online democratic elections process. B. The Commissioner shall have the duty of providing a copy of the IEC byiaws to any member of the SA upon request. C. The Commissioner or any individual on the Commission shall provide nomination papers, campaign violation forms, and campaign violation response forms to any individual, upon request. Distribution of these records shall be made public immediately. Section 2-Powers 3 1 A. The Commissioner shall be the chairperson of the Commission, and shall be 2 responsible for appointing additional officers for the conduct of business, with 3 a 2/3rds majority vote of the Senate. 4 5 i. The Commissioner's appointees shall not have a vote on the 6 Commission, nor will they be members of the Commission. 7 8 9 10 11 ii. The Commissioner's appointees shall not have the power to distribute materials as listed in Article ill, Sections B and C of these bylaws. 12 ARTICLE IV-Student Association Elections Procedure 13 14 Section 1- General Elections Procedure 15 16 A. All SA elections and referenda shall take place online to all emolled UWM 17 Students. 18 B. The Elections Commission, as described in Article II, Section 3, D, of these 19 bylaws, shall approve the online ballot to be used in the election. 20 C .. The lEC shall facilitate at least one public and open debate consisting of every 21 presidential nominee whose signatures have been confirmed. The time of this 22 debate shall be agreed upon by the nominees. Exemptions sought due to 23 emergencies are subject to the discretion of the lEC. In the case that there is 24 only one presidential nominee a public forum will be facilitated with the date 25 agreed by the lEC and the nominee. 26 Section 2-Timeline 27 28 A. Student Association Elections will be held the second consecutive Tuesday, 29 Wednesday, and Thursday of April. Online polling will open at !2:01am on 30 Tuesday, and will conclude at !1:59pm on Thursday. The Commission shall 31 announce elections results within 24 hours of polls closing. 32 33 B. Signature sheets will be made available by Noon the second Monday in 34 February, and due by 5:OOpm the first Monday in March. 35 36 37 C. All senatorial candidate signature sheets that are turned in with a party 3 8 association must have the signature of the person who filled out and turned in 3 9 the party registration form, in qrder to be listed as a candidate on the ballot as 40 a member of that party. 41 4 1 D. Individuals whose signatures are verified will appear on the ballot. Individuals 2 who indicate a party affiliation will appear on that ballot only with that party 3 affiliation. 4 5 6 E. From the date in which nomination papers are due, there shall be a one-week 7 period for validation of signatures. 8 9 F. After this one-week period, the Commission shall post a list of all candidates 1 0 that obtained the requisite number of valid signatures online and via all 11 student electronic mail. The Commission shall then_ contact each candidate to 12 verify their campaign statement. 13 14 Section 3-Parties 15 16 A. Party Registration forms shall be due by Noon on the second Monday of 17 February. Party registration forms must be filled out and turned into the 18 Commission by the individual seeking the office of President within that 19 party. 20 21 B. No party shall be eligible for election without a President and Vice- 22 .Presidential Ticket submitting all required paperwork. 23 24 C. Parties shall be listed on the ballot alphabetically. 25 26 D. Parties shall not run more candidates than there are available seats in each 27 school. 28 29 E. Every candidate in a party is responsible for their own signature sheets. 30 31 F. Parties must be Registered Student Organizations. 32 33 G. No student may run under more than one party 34 35 ARTICLE V-Candidate Regulations 36 3 7 Section I- Membership 38 3 9 A. Candidates seeking office must be members of the Student Association. 40 B. No member of the Student Association Judicial Branch or Independent 41 Election Coiilill!ssion can, while in office, run for election. 42 C. To be eligible to be placed on the ballot, candidates seeking the office of 43 President of the Student Association must have served in an elected or 5 1 2 appointed position within the Student Association for at least six months prior to the Student Association elections. 3 4 Section 2- Signatures 5 6 A. 450 validated signatures shall be required to be on tbe ballot for tbe 7 PresidenWice-Presidential ticket. 8 9 B; 50 validated signatures shall be required to be on tbe ballot for an At-Large 10 Senate or Letters and Science seat. 11 12 C. 25 validatt;d signatures shall be required to be on tbe ballot for any other 13 school or college Senate seat. 14 15 D. 10 validated signatures shall be required to be on tbe ballot for the School of 16 Information Sciences. 17 18 Section 3- Write-In Candidates 19 20 Write in candidates must receive at least the number of votes equivalent to tbe signatures 21 required to run for their school. 22 23 Section 4- Party Affiliation 24 25 Candidates who do not identify witb a party when tbeir signature sheets are turned in 26 shall be listed on tbe ballot as independents. 27 28 Article VI- Election Violations 29 30 Section 1- Violation Complaints 31 A. Compl!!illts may only be submitted by members of the Student Association. 32 B. A typewritten complaint may be delivered or submitted electronically to tbe 33 Commissioner. 34 a. The Commissioner shall inform tbe Commission of a received 35 complaint within two days. 36 Section 2- Point System 37 38 A. Up to 500 points for physically or verbally harassing another candidaie. 39 40 B .. Up to 100 points for moving covering, defacing, destroying or removing 41 campaign I)laterials. 42 43 C. Up to 100 points for making slanderous remarks in public or in writing. 44 6 .... 1 D. Up to 50 points for placing materials in places prohibited by the City of 2 Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, SA or the IEC. 3 4 Section 3- Burden 5 6 The burden of proof required to assess points shall be beyond a reasonable doubt. This 7 means that there must be no doubt in the fact-finder's mind that the individual accused of 8 the violation committed that violation.
9 10 Section 4-Removal 11 12 A. Once accumulating 125 points, Senatorial candidates may be removed from the 13 ballot by 2/3 majqrity vote of the Commission. 14 B. Once accumulating 250 points, PresidentiaWice Presidential tickets may be 15 removed from the ballot by 2/3 majority vote of the Commission. 16 17 18 Article VII- Recall Special Elections 19 20 Section 1- Procedures 21 22 A. Recali election requests shall be made oniy after six months of the new 23 administration taking power. 24 25 B. The petitioner shall present a clalm outlining the reasons for the recall request 26 to the elections commission. 27 28 C. The Elections Commission, by 2/3 majority vote, shali decide whether or not 29 there is eneugh evidence to warrant a nicall. 30 31 D. Upon consent of the Elections Commission, by 2/3 majority vote, the 32 petitioner may initiate a recall petition. 33 34 E. Appeals of the decision of the Commission may be made to the University 35 Student Court within two school days of the Commission's decision. 36 37 F. The recall petition must be approved by the Commission and must contain 38 signatures from 25% of those students who are eligible to vote in the election .. 39 40 G. The signatures o.btained must be verified by the Dean of Students. 41 42 H. Upon the successful completion of a recall petition, the Commission will set 43 the date, by a 2/3 majority vote, for a special election, which shall not be more 44 than 30 days after the petition is verified, 45 . 46 Section 2- Petitions 7 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 . 41 42 43 A. At the top of each page there must be ,a statement outlining the accusations against the candidate, as well as the candidate's name, and his or her office, B. Petitions must have the student's name, signature, school or college, date, and his or her student LD. number. C. The statute of limitations on such a petition shall be 30 days from the date it is initiated, Article VITI-Freshman Elections The Freshman Senators shall be elected from and by the Freshman Class during an election held on the first Tuesday of October. In order to be eligibie to fill a Freshman Senator seat, the student must be in their first year at UWM. Freshman Senator Seat vacancies can only be filled by the Senate after the date of Freshman Elections has passed. Article IX- In the event that the Court is defunct, or does not have enough members to sit on the Commission, the Senate can appoint two (2) individuals, not running for election to sit on the Commission by a simple majority vote. The President's appointment shall still chair the Commission. Article X- Amendments Amendments to these bylaws shall require a 2/3 majority vote of the Senate in the affirmative. ' Article XI-Enactment These bylaws shall supersede all previous bylaws. These bylaws shall take effect upon a 2/3 passage of the Student Association Senate and the Signature of the Student Association President. RickBankii Speak r oft e NAY: __ _ 4
Date' 46 LOglslative History July 17- Introduced by Senator Sidhu 8 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------------SB 1112-011--------------------------------- 5 .. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._..._ 6 Student Association Independent Election . 1 Commission Bylaws 8 9 Ind.ependent Election Commission Bylaws . 10 Student Association 11 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 12 13 Article 1-Name 14 15 The Independent Election Commission shall hereby be known as the Commission. 16 17 Article ll-Composition, Duties, and Powers of the Commission 18 19 Section !-Composition 20 21 The Commission shall be composed of the Election Commissioner, who shall have 22 witnessed at least one prior annual SA election, the Chief Justice of the University 23 Student Court, and one other Justice appointed by the Chief Justice. 24 25 Section 2-Duties 26 A. General 27 28 1. The Commission shall run the SA elections and referenda. 29 2. The Commission shall ensure a safe, secure, online, democratic 30 elections process. 31 3. The Commission shall conduct itself in accordance with Robert's 32 Rules of Order. 33 34 B. The Commission shall be responsible for making available all necessary forms 35 in accordance with the timeline outlined in Article IV, Section 2. 36 1. The Commission shall be responsible for creating party 37 1 .. registration forms. Party registration forms shall be made 38 available no later than the last date offmal exams during the 3 9 fall semester. 40 2. Nomination forms and signature. sheets will be created and 41 made available by the Commission 42 C. Violations and Investigations 43 1 1 1. The Commission shall investigate,.hear, and punish individuals for 2 violating the fudependentElections Commission Bylaws at any time 3 during the election process. 4 2. The Commission shall notifY any candidate accused of a campaign 5 violation within two school days after the Commissioner or his/her 6 Deputies have noticed a violation. 7 a. The Commission shall hold hearings for campaign violations 8 within three school days after receiving the violation. The 9 Commission shall make their decision by a 2/3 majority vote. 10 D. The Commission shall approve the Ballot for Elections and/or Recall. 11 12 13 14 E. The Commission shall prepare online brochures for each race, listing the 15 qualified candidates that will appear on the ballot, and their campaign 16 statement. 17 18 19 20 Section 3-Powers 21 22 A. The Commission shall have the power to investigate any individual seeking 23 office, at any time, during the elections process. 24 25 B. The Commission shall have the power to remove individuals seeking office 26 from the ballot once they have accumulated the number of points that 27 necessitate removal pursuant to Article VI, Section 4. 28 29 30 C. The Commission shall have the power to deny hearing allegations of 31 campaign violations which are repetitive and/or deemed as frivolous and/or 32 abusive to the hearing process. 33 34 D. The Commission shall have the responsibility and power to create the ballot 35 for elections and recall. 36 37 38 i. . All ballots will be in electronic, online form, 39 40 ii. All signature sheets shall be turned into the Dean of 41 Students office, or an office designated by the Dean of 42 Students. This office shall validate signatures and forward 43 them to the Commission. The Office shall track the order of 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 received signature sheets. The Commission shall not have the.power to validate signatures. iii. The Commission shall, after successfully receiving the required validated signatures, place all qualified candidate names in full, according to the office sought, on the online ballot, in the order in which the signature sheetswere initially received. The candidates will be placed on the ballot under their party name, and parties shall be listed alphabetically. Independents shall be placed at the bottom of the ballot. All ballots must include space for write-in candidates equal to the maximum number of candidates for each section in the ballot. The fmal ballot shall be approved by a 2/3 majority vote of the Commission. E. The Commission shall have the power to approve ballots for Referenda. The Commission shall post the referenda ballot online, with wording approved by 2/3 of the SA Senate. F. The Commission shall have the power to create party registration fonns. G. The Commission shall assume all duties of the Commissioner, and may act as a commission, so long as the position of Elections Commissioner is vacant. The Chief Justice shall chair the commission until a Commissioner is confirmed. Article ill-Duties and Powers of the Commissioner Section 1- Duties A. The commissioner, with his/her Commission, shall have the duty of ensuring a safe, secure, online democratic elections process. B. The Commissioner shall have the duty of providing a copy of the IEC bylaws to any member of the SA upon request. C. The Commissioner or any individual on the Commission shall provide nomination papers, campaign violation fonns, and campaign violation response forms ~ o any individu!!l, upon requesr. Distribution of these records shall be made public immediately. Section 2-Powers 3 I A. The Commissioner shall be the chairperson ofthe Commission, and shall be 2 responsible for appointing additional officers for the conduct of business, with 3 a 2/3rds majority vote of the Senate. 4 5 i. The Commissioner's appointees shall not have a vote on the 6 Commission, nor will they be members of the Commission. 7 8 9 10 II ii. The Commissioner's appointees shall not have the power to distribute materials as listed in Article III, Sections B and C of these bylaws. 12 ARTICLE IV-Student Association Elections Procedure 13 14 Section 1- General Elections Procedure 15 16 A. All SA elections and referenda shall take place online to all enrolled UWM 17 Students. 18 B. The Elections Commission, as described in Article II, Section 3, D, of these 19 bylaws, shall approve the online ballot to be used in the election. 20 C. The IEC shall facilitate at least one public and open debate consisting of every 21 presidential nominee whose signatures have been confirmed. The time of this 22 debate shall be agreed upon by the nominees. Exemptions sought due to 23 emergencies are subject to the discretion of the IEC. In the case that there is 24 only one presidential nominee a public forum will be facilitated with the date 25 agreed by the IEC and the nominee. 26 Section 2-Time line 27 28 A. Student Association Elections will be held the second consecutive Tuesday, 29 Wednesday, and Thursday of April. Online polling will open at !2:01am on 30 Tuesday, and will conclude at II :59pm on Thursday. The Commission shall 31 announce elections results within 24 hours of p.olls closing. 32 33 B. Signature sheets will be made available by Noon the second Monday in 34 February, and due by 5:00pm the fust Monday in March. 35 36 37 C. All senatorial candidate signature sheets that are turned in with a party 38 association must have the signature of the person who filled out and turned in 39 the party registration form, in order to be listed as a candidate on the ballot as 40 a member of that party. 41 4 I D. Individuals whose signatures are verified will appear on the ballot. Individuals 2 who indicate a party affiliation will appear on that ballot only with that party 3 affiliation. To be eligible to be placed on the ballot, candidates seeking the 4 office of President ofthe Student Association must have served in an elected 5 or appointed position within the Student Association for at least six months 6 prior to the Student Association elections. 7 8 9 E. From the date in which nomination papers are due, there shall be a one-week I 0 period for validation of signatures. II 12 F. After this one-week period, the Commission shall post a list of all candidates 13 that obtained the requisite number of valid signatures online and via all 14 student electronic mail. The Commission shall then contact each candidate to 15 verify their campaign statement. 16 17 Section 3-Parties 18 19 A. Party Registration forms shall be due by Noon on the second Monday of 20 February. Party registration forms must be filled out and turned into the 21 Commission by the individual seeking the office of President within that 22 party. 23 24 B. No party shall be eligible for election without a President and Vice 25 Presidential Ticket submitting all required paperwork. 26 27 C. Parties shall be listed on the ballot alphabetically. 28 29 D. Parties shall not run more candidates than there are available seats in each 30 school. 31 32 E. Every candidate in a party is responsible for their own signature sheets. 33 34 F. Parties must be Registered Student Organizations. 35 36 G. No student may run under more than one party 37 38 ARTICLE V-Candidate Regulations 39 40 Section J- 41 42 A. Candidates seeking office must be members of the Student Association. 43 44 B. No member of the Student Association Judicial Branch or Independent 45 Election Commission can, while in office, run for election. 46 5 . . . . 1 Section 2- Signatures 2 3 A. 450 validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for the 4 President/Vice-Presidential ticket. 5 6 B. 50 validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for an At-Large 7 Senate or Letters and Science seat. 8 9 C. 25 validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for any other 10 school or college Senate seat. 11 12 D. 10 validated signatures shall be required to be on the ballot for the School of 13 Information Sciences. 14 15 Section 3- Write-In Candidates 16 17 Write in candidates must receive at least the number of votes equivalent to the signatures 18 required to run for their school. 19 20 Section 4- Party Affiliation 21 22 Candidates who do not identify with a party when their signature sheets are turned in 23 shall be listed on the ballot as independents. 24 25 Article VI- Election Violations 26 27 Section 1- Violation Complaints 28 A. Complaints may only be submitted by members of the Student Association. 29 B. A typewritten complaint may be delivered or submitted electronically to the 30 Commissioner. 31 a. The Commissioner shall inform the Commission of a received 32 complaint within two days. 33 Section 2- Point System 34 35 A. Up to 500 points for physically or verbally harassing another candidate. 36 37 B. Up to 100 points for moving covering, defacing, destroying or removing 38 campaign materials. 39 40 C. Up to 100 points for making slanderous remarks in public or in. writing. 41 42 b. Up to 50 points for placing materials in places prohibited by the City of 43 Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, SA or the IEC. 44 45 Section 3- Burden 46 6 1 2 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 The burden of proof required to assess points shall be beyond a reasonable doubt. This means that there must be no doubt in the fact-fmder's mind that the individual accused of the violation committed that violation. Section 4-Removal A. Once accumulating 125 points, Senatorial candidates may be removed from the ballot by 2/3 ml\iority vote ,of the Commission. B. Once accumulating 250 points, PresidentiaWice Presidential tickets may be removed from the ballot by 2/3 majority vote of the Commission. Article VII- Recall Special Elections Section 1- Procedures A. Recall election requests shall be made only after four months of the new administration taking power. B. The petitioner shall present a claim outliningthe reasons for the recall request to the elections commission. ! C. The recall petition must be verified by the Commission and must contain the amount of signatures required according to what is specified in the section corresponding to the type of recall election. D. The Signatures obtained must be verified by the Dean of Students. E. Upon the successful completion of a recall petition, the Commission will set the date, by a 2/3 majority vote, for a special election, which shall not be more than 30 days after the petition is verified. Section 2- Petitions A. At the top of each page there must be a statement outlining the accusations against the candidate, as well as the candidate's name, and his or her office. B. Petitions must have name, signature, school or college, date, and his or her student I.D. number. C. The statute of limitations on such a petition shall be 30 days from the date it is initiated. 7 1 D. The amount of signatures required to initiate a recall election on any elected 2 official is the same amount of ballots that were casted for the election of the 3 office of President/ Vice President in the most previous election. 4 5 Article VITI-Freshman Elections 6 7 The Freshman Senators shall be elected from and by the Freshman Class during an 8 election held on the first Tuesday of October. In order to be eligible to fill a Freshman 9 Senator seat, the student must be in their first year at UWM. Freshman Senator Seat 10 vacancies can only be filled liy.the Senate after the date of Freshman Elections has 11 passed. 12 13 Article IX- Emergency 14 15 In the event that the Court is defunct, or does not have enough members to sit on the 16 Commission, the Senate can appoint two (2) individuals, not running for election to sit on 17 the Commission by a simple m!\iority vote. The President's appointment shall still chair 18 the Cqmmission. 19 20 Article X- Amendments 21 22 a. Amendments to these bylaws shall be allowed during the Summer and Fall 23 Semesters. 24 b. Amendments shall be allowed during UWinteriM or Spring Semester only in 25 exceptional circumstances and only with a ruling from the University Student 26 Court granting permission. Any SA Official may petition the Court for such 27 permission. 28 c. Amendments to those bylaws shall require a 2/3-majority vote ofthe Senate in the 29 Affmnative and the Signature of the Student Association President. 30 d. Any member of the SA Senate who has filed to become a candidate for Office 31 may not vote on the adoption of new or amended Independent Elections 32 Commission bylaws. 33 34 35 Article XI-Enactment 36 37 These bylaws shall supersede all previous bylaws. These bylaws shall take effect upon a 38 2/3 passage of the Student Association Senate and the Signature of the Student 39 Association President. 40 41 42 43 AYE: __ _ NAY: ---- 44 45 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alex Kostal President July 17- Introduced by Senator Sidhu Date Legislative History Amended by SB1112-045. Altering Article Vll Section I sub. sec. b-e. and Article Vll, Section 2, sub. sec. d. (Updated by Speaker Brown . 7/18/12) . Amended by SBI!l2-059. Altering Article X, a and adding b-<1. 9 Student Association Senate OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER UNIONEG79E RrcKLBANKs SPEAKER OF THE SENATE MILWAUKEE, WI 53201 TELEPHONE: 229-4366 Student Association Senate Session Minutes Sunday, July 17 1 h, 2011 6:00pm Union-Fireside Lounge I. Call to Order at 6:08 pm II. Roll Call a. Banks-Present b. Barth- Not Present c. Blacks- Not Present d. Bornhoft- Not Present e. Brey- Not Present f. Brown-Present g. Christens- Not Present - h.' Drake-Present i. Falk- Not Present j. Fernandez- Not Present k. Green-Present I. Hastert- Not Present m. Kauffin- Not Present n. Kern- Present o. Klima Not Present p. Ludwig-Present q. Methu-Present r. Pecor-Present s. Pelicaric-Present t. Patterson-Ramos- Present u .. Radliff- Not Present v. Reeves-Present w. Ridgeway-Present x. Rosner- Present y. Roth-Present z. Samz- Not Present aa. Schultz-Present bb. Scudder- Not Present cc. Sedar- Present dd. Sidhu-Present ee. Stoll-Present ff. Stuyvenberg- Not Present gg. VVebb-Present hh. Yanasak- Not Present III. Pledge of Allegiance IV. Approval oftheAgenda a. Motion to appro,ve by Green ' i. znd by Banks b. Voice Vote- Passes V.. Approval of the Minutes a. June 5th, 2011 i. Motion to approve by Stoll 1. znd by Stoll 2. Voice Vote- passes VI. Comments and Questions a. Alexander Kostal, President b. Brent johnson, Vice President c. Rick Banks, Speaker of the Senate d. Mike Schultz, Treasurer e. james Hill, Dean of Students f. Brandon james, SA Advisor g. Open Forum VII. Reports a. Senate Officers as requested from the floor b. Executive Officers as requested from the floor VIII. Special Orders '- a. Approval of Parliamentarian: Anthony DeWees i. Motion to approve by stall 1. 2nd by Ludwig 2. Voice Vote- Passes b. Senate Vacancy Elections: i. Letters & Sciences (5 Seats): 1. Mathew Rosner a. Motion to approve by Green i. 2nd by Sidhu ii. Hand Vote: Passes 2. Solana Patterson-Ramos a. Motion to table till the next meeting by Sidhu i.. 2nd by Green ii. Voice Vote- Passes b. Motion to approve by Stoll i. 2 ~ d by Drake ii. Voice Vote- Passes 3. Lester Kern a. Motion to approve by Pelicaric i. 2nd by Stoll ii. Hand vote- Passes 4. Alexandria Sedar a. Motion to approve by Ridgeway i. 2nd by Sidhu ii. Hand vote- Passes c. Approval of Committee Leaders i. SAC Chair: Brent Green 1. Motion to approve by Stoll a. 2nd by Pelicaric b. Voice Vote- passes ii. SAC Vice-Chair: Rachel Falk 1. Motion to approve by Stoll a. 2nd by Pelicaric b. Voice Vote- Passes iii. SORC Chair: Tereza Pelicaric 1. Motion to package and approve iterris iii. Through viii. Under special orders by Pelicaric a. 2nd by Stoll b. Voice Vote- Passes iv. SORC Vice-Chair: David Sidhu v. CAB Chair: Hector Santiago vi. CAB Vice-Chair: Nick Edmonds vii. SLIC Chair: Evita Sauceda viii. CD! Chair: Brandon Methu d. Presidential Appointments: i. Elle Rodriquez-Hernandez, Public Relations Director 1. Motion to approve by Brown a. 2nd by Stoll b. Voice Vote- Passes ii. Nickolas McCall- Assistant Chief justice of USC 1. Motion to approve by Stoll a. 2nd by Pelicaric b. Voice Vote- Passes e. Senate Term Calendar i. Discussion: On Audio ii. Motion to approve by Pelicaric 1. Motion to amend by Pelicaric to strike the 11th meeting and replace with the 18th a. 2d by Sidhu b. Voice Vote- Passes 2. Motion to approve as amended a. Discussion: On Audio b. Question called by Sidhu c. Voice Vote- Passes 3. Voice Vote with amendments- Passes IX. Old Business a. 581112-003 - Senate Bylaws i. Motion to table by Banks 1. 2d by Drake 2. Voice Vote- Passes ii. Motion to reconsider Solana Patterson-Ramos for a senator by Banks 1. 2d by Pelicaric 2. Voice Vote- Passes b. 581112-005- Staff Summer U-PASS Act i. Discussion: On Audio ii. Motion to table by Webb and create an ad-hock committee 1. 2d by Stoll 2. Motion withdrawn iii. Motion to table indefinitely by Webb 1. 2d by Ridgeway 2. Discussion: On Audio iv. Motion to call the question by Webb 1. Voice Vote- Passes v. Voice Vote to table: Passes. X. New Business a. SB1112-008- University Student Court Budget i. Discussion: On Audio ii. Motion to approve by Sidhu 1. znd by Stoll iii. Motion to amend the line item for Assistant Chief Justice to iv. $7500 by Banks 1. znd by Sidhu 2. Voice Vote- Passes Roll Call Vote- Passes 1. Banks-Aye 2. Brown-Aye 3. Drake-Aye 4. Green-Aye 5. Kern-Aye 6. Ludwig-Aye 7. Methu-Aye 8. Patterson-Ramos- Aye 9. Pecor- Aye 10. Pelicaric- Aye 11. Reeves- Aye 12. Ridgeway- Aye 13. Rosner- Aye 14. Roth- Aye 15. Schultz- Aye 16. Sedar- Aye 17. Sidhu- Aye 18. Stoll- Aye 19.Webb-Aye b. SB1112-009- SA Budget Adjustment i. Discussion: On Audio ii. Motion to approve by Drake 1. 2nd by Drake 2. Voice Vote- Fails 3. Roll Call Vote- Passes a. Banks-Aye b. Brown-Aye c. Drake-Aye d. Green-Aye e. Kern-Aye . f. Ludwig-Aye g. Methu-Aye h. Patterson-Ramos- Aye i. Pecor- Aye j. Pelicaric- Aye k. Reeves-Aye I. Ridgeway- Nay m. Rosner- Aye n. Roth-Aye o. Schultz- Aye p. Sedar-Aye q. Sidhu- Aye r. Stoll- Aye s. Webb-Aye c. SB1112-010 -Shared Governance Policies and Procedures i. Discussion: On Audio ii. Motion to approve by Stoll 1. 2nd by Sidhu 2. Voice Vote- Passes . ' ' . d. SB1112-011 .., Independent Election Commission Bylaws i. Discussion: On Audio ii. Motion to approve by Pelicaric 1. 2d by Stoll 2. Voice Vote- Passes e. Committee Elections: i. Council of Diversity & Inclusion: 2 Seats 1. Rick Banks* 2. Tereza Pelicaric* 3. Solana Patterson-Ra!llos 4. Alexandria Sedar 5. Mathew Rosner a. Ballot Vote for 2 Seats: i. Tereza Pelicaric ii. Rick Bal)ks ii. Student Life & Interest Committee: 5 Seats 1. Mike Schultz 2 .. Matt Rosner 3. Solana Patterson-Ramos 4. Tom Roath a. Motion to package and approve by Banks i. Voice Vote- passes f. Committee Appointments: 1. Motion to package and approve by Banks 2. Motion to reconsider the approval of the agenda a. 2d by Pelicaric b. Voice Vote- Passes 3. Motion to reconsider the agenda to add under academic misconduct Mike Schultz by Webb a. 2nd by Schultz b. Voice Vote- Passes 4. Motion to package and approve all committee appointments by Banks a. Voice Vote- Passes ii. Council of Diversity & Inclusion: 1. Brandon Methu* 2. Brent Johnson* 3. Michael Schultz* 4. David Sidhu* 5. Alex Kostal* iii. Student Life & Interest Committee: 1. Evita Sauceda* 2. Alex Kostal* 3. Brent]ohnson* 4. Andrew Hapka* . iv. Athletic Board: 1. RachelNeuberger 2. Heidi Lynn Niespodzany 3. Mary Wandolowski 4. Sarah Wardecke v. SAC: 1. Dan Laughland vi. Libraries Committee: 1. Dan Laughland vii. Assistant Dean Search and Screen: 1. Lian Horbinski 2. Gary Chamont Waymire-Cooper viii. Advisory Committee on Educational Technology: 1. Dan Laughland 2. Rick Banks ix. Information Technology Policy Committee: 1. Dan Laughland x. Non-Academic Misconduct Hearing Committee: 1. Dan Laughland 2. Arrington Stoll xi. Recreational Sports and Facilities Board: 1. Rick Banks 2. Michael Ludwig 3. Anthony DeWees 4. Brent Green xii. Parking and Transit Oversight Committee: 1. Rick Banks 2. Brent Green xiii. Arena Building C<i!mnittee: 1. Nick McCall 2. Michael Ludwig 3. Alex Kostal xiv. Athletics Strategic Planning Committee: 1. Alex Kostal 2. Rick Banks xv. Academic Misconduct: 1. Dan Laughland 2. Anthony DeWees 3. Nick McCall ' 4. Arrington Stoll Union Policy Board: ' . XVI. 1. Anthony DeWees* xvii. 2. David Sidhu* 3. Jesse Brown Boss Search and Screen: 1. Angela Lang xviii. Division of Student Affairs UBR Search and Screen: 1. Rick Banks XI. Questions and Concerns a. Discussion: On Audio XII. Adjournment a. Motion to adjourn by Sidhu i. 2d by Stoll ii. Voice Vote- adjourned *Previously an interim appointment \ __ - 1 2 --------------------------------------56 3 I SA Accountability Act 4 5 6 BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Article V Section 1 C of the Independent Election Commission Bylaws be 7 stricken, and;
8 BE IT RESOLVED THAT;Article VII of the Independent Election Commission Bylaws be amended 9 to read: 10 Article Vll- Recall Elections 11 Section 1- Procedures 12 A. Recall election requests shall be made only after four months of the new 13 administration taking power, 14 15 B. The petitioner shall present a claim outlioing the reasons for the recall request to 16 the elections commission, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 C. The recall petition must be verified by the Commission and must contain the amount of signatures required according to what is specified in the section corresponding to the. type of recall election, D. The signatures obtained must be verified by the Dean of Students. E. Upon the successful completion of a recall petition, the Commission will set the date, by a 2/3 majority vote, for a special election, which shall not be more than 30 days after the petition is verified. 28 Section 2- Petitions 29 30 31 32 33 A. At the top of each page there must be a statement outlioing the accusations against the as well as the candidate's name, and his or her office. B. Petitions must have the student's name, signature, school or college, date, and his or her student !.D. number. . ' -] 34 35 36 . 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 C. The statute of limitations on such a petition shall be 30 days from tbe date it is initiated .. D. The amount of signatures required to initiate a recall election on any elected offlcial is tbe same amount of ballots 'tbat were casted for tbe election oftbe Office of President/Vice President in tbe most previous election. 10/IY/11 Rick Banks Date Speaker oftbe Senate Legislative History
AYE \I. J 1 t{ lu Date GJserrJ- -- NAY December 4 1 2011-lntroduced by Senator Rosner 1 Cosponsored by Speaker Banks, Senator, Senator ludwig, Senator Grow, Senator laugh land, Senator Ulbel, Senator Brown.: Deputy Speaker Pellcarlc, Senator senator Rodriguez; PasSed by Senate , 1 2 3 4
6 d . .R_,n.leili!s!!!!!IC!!.o!!.. lll.m 7 8 Senate Oversight and Rules Committee Bylaws 9 Student Association . 10 University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee 11 12 Article I - Members . 13 The Senate Oversight and Rules Committee(SORC) shall have 9 members, 7 voting. 14 One seat shall be for the. Speaker of the Senate, Jour shall be for other Senators, two shall 15 be for non-SAofficers, one shall be an ex-officio and non-voting seat for a member of 16 the University Student 17 Court and one shall be an ex-officio and non-voting seat for the SA President or 18 Presidential designee from the Executive Branch. 19 20 Article II - Meetings . 21 'The SORC sball meet whenever a matter is referred to them from the Senate. This 22 meeting must take place within 14 days .ofthe matter being referred, unless otherwise 23 specified by the Senate. 24 25 Article Election of the Chab:'/Vice Chair .. . 26 The SORC shall at Its first meeting elect the Chair and ViCe: Chair, 27 28 Article IV- Duties 29 Section 1 -Committee 30 A. The SORC shall hear appeals of demerit points 31 B. The SORC shall hear appeals of automatic removals 32 C. The SORC shall have the authority to you assign duties to its members pending 33 the memlx:r's approval, . .
34 n: The SORC shall investigate all Student ASsociation Officers against whom a 35 grievance has bee!l filed and bring tbem before the Senate for possible removal, 36 E. The SORC, prior to a Senat<:> confirmation vot<:>, shall have the power to hold a 37 separate confirmation hearing on the candidate ln question . . 38 F. Tbe SORC shall have the power to investigate and recommend revisions and 39 amendments ofthtiSA Cons.titution and all SA Governing Docuinents, 40 41 Section 2- Chair 42 A. Tbe Chair shall have the duty of chairing SORC meetings. . 43 B. The Chait shall have the duty ofnotifymg individuals of investigations, 3 1 conducting all accumulation of facts, :presenting SQRC investigation findings at 2 Sena\e meetings, and operating aS prosecutor during-hearings. 3 c. The Chair shall have the duty of calling SoRC meetings. 4 5 Section 3 Vice Chair 6 A. The Vice Chair shall have .the duty of taking minutes at SQRCmeetings, unless 7 another memb!)r is designated, and posting them within 72 hours of the meeting. 8 B. The Vice Chair shall. have the duty of delivering all decisions by the SORC to the 9 Secretary of the Senate in the form of a letter drafted and signed by the Chair and 10 approved by the committee, . . . . 11 C. The Vice Chair shall have the duty of notifying a member in by' email of 12 a removal hearing. ' . . . . 13 n. In the event the chair is absent, the vice-chair will assume the duties ofthechalr. 14 15 Article V- Due Process 16 Section 1 -Procedures 17 A. All SQRC investigations and hearings shall follow due process. 18 13. Due process shall be de'fined as: 19 1. Grievance is filed . 20 a, Grievance shall be defined as: 21 1. A writt!ln complaint against an SA officialisigned by the 22 complainant, including reasons for the grievance, or 23 2. A motion at a Senate meeting to forward an SA official to 24 SQRC for investigation
25 b. All grievances .shall be given to the Chair or Vice Chair Of SORC 26 2. Chair notifies party(ies) of hearing date, sei for no sooner thim seven days 27 after .notification . 28 3, All parties shall be afforded an oppottunityto presentacase for 29 themselves at the hearing 30 4. Failure to attend the !Jearing by a party, with the exception of 31 extraordif1ary circumstances, shall not halt the hearing proceedings 32 5. Allhearing results aqd recommendations shall be presented before the 33 Senate at the next scheduled meeting
34 35 Section 2..;. Recusal 36 A.ny SORC member who is him/herself the subject of a hearing must recuse him/herself 37 from the committee for all dealltigs with that matter. 38 39 Article VI...: Removal of SORC members 40 Section 1 -Automatic Removal 41 a. Miss1ng3 shall constitute automatic removal of a member 42 from their seat. _ _ _ . 43 b. Failure of SORC members to recuse .themselves from a-hearfug of Which they ale 44 aparty. 45 46 Section 2- Grounds for removal 4 1 a. Missing 2 consecutive meetings unexcused shall'constitute groun9s for removal, 2 b. Missing 5 meetings total regardlesS: of excused or unexcused shall constitute 3 grounds for removal. 4 c. Not upholding duties as stated herein or delegatedvia the Committee shall 5 constitute grounds for removal. 6 d. No SORC member shall be penalized for missing a meeting during June, July, or 7 August. 8 9 Section 3 -Procedure . . . 10 a. Once a member qualifies for removal, the committee shall have a removal hearing 11 at the next 12 b. The Vice :chair shall notify by email. the member in.questimi of the removal . 13 hearing. If the vice-chair is the memberin question, the chair sh&Jl have the duty 14 of notification. 15 . c. The member in question shall be allowed to give a statement in this hearing. 16 d. The committee shall vote on removal with a 2/3 majority being required for 17 removal. 18 19 Article VII-Investigations 20 Section 1 - Guidelines 21 a. In the event the Senate requests an investigation, the SORC must conduct its 22 investigation and deliver its report to the Senate within 15 school days of the 23 conclusion of the meeting at which thidnvestigatlon took place. If necessary, the . 24 Senate may extend this time limit. . 25 b. To ensure a falr and full.investigation, SORC shall have. the authority to subpoena 26 any documentation, individuals, and/or materials it deeins as evidence .relevant to 27 the 28 29 Article VIII- Amendments to the By-Laws 30 Changes to SORC bylaws inay be. made with the approval o2/3 Senate 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
iDUerstein .: <9'{ Date Speaker ofthe Senate AYE: .30 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Returned Unsigned. Jay Burseth President Became effective i'lli7/091:00PM Date: Legislative History November 15 -lntroducedby Senate Oversight and R ~ l e s Contrnlttce Chajrwoman Adamczyk 6 2 Dtumbtr 12, 2011 NEWS THEUWMPOST SA II . . eases reca restncttons M..,p,u;.;.. MU.LoCn.t
v, .. w, .. Prll Ool!<dM,Jn,..,.t,. [.!;to1 IUI]Sdifo Bud f.d#D''1" Zodtl ...... Stofi...l<FUHo liUloC ... I Xoi]Sd.fo TH llWJ.I f0$T 1u.o, w...!o<ioo.ol!MOO""' iodlottib .. .J..,.""f", .. d,h=P.,.. ....... """"""'"""""""'ilL Presidential candidates no longer need to be in SA for six months to he on ballot ByAuonKn.opp AlilitlfltHWIIf<llto< MW!(Iw;mp>sl.,., The Sru&nt &oocluion put of the lndp<nd.nt Ekion Commlulon by!aWJ 10 nuh SA officlili much ea.!l<r fo Sw:.doy night, !n wUe d!nve.u;gulora of conuption and mio.:oru:lu<t by the fO{m<!r President Alex Vice p1..;dent B<tntJohruo.o. lntroduud by Senotor l>:l.ott Romer, who hu b .. al,vict!mofhnlog by Koto.l and J<>b.ruon, the SA Ac<O<Iatahi!i!J Act will ttqU!re tbot a rtull p<titlon mwt luve u !Il..LOY t\gnoiUru u thue ttudenrs wbomud In the previous prui&nt!t.l d:tlon, ln ordu to ln!thu uecall de<tion for aoyun.atoror elected offt.:bl 'Tl>!. SA Act It 1 mtclanhm wb..re ll will mh the proceso of roct!JJng the po!dent and vke presldont a let euler," Rosa olld Wdmn pri1n1rily by Roo"u with hdp from Spu!cu of the Senote Rick Bonla, the act auru:ted more th.o.n lulf doun cooporuon lnclu<ling Deputy Speii:or Toreu Pdkulc J.Od Dirtor Don Laugblond, t.ll hoplng to to.lYige tM reput..atlon of SA after lllln1UO<U rando.lt !nmMng the bru.:h ,..,u.k(d In the reslgrutlolll ofKotulanJ Job<Uon. "Thl< h!U will prove to tM UWM trudcnt body thotwe O<e aduln, ond '''e will be tW>Untable {0{ our [u:tio.u],' }Wncrto.ld. At Bonb' requut, the act also runoved 1 rontrovuoltl requlnment pu!<ld !an '"m..rn..:r th.t allaw. only pruident!tl cndidol.eo th>t luw bttn In SA for six IM!Itlu 1r> be 011 the bill:>t, whkh WQIJld lu,.., forced out<!den to run onwrlt<oln ampolgru. PrMously; 1 1eu.il petition te<j'JI.red olgn>tu<u <>f 15 p<reent of the otudcnt body, 01 appnulmatdy 7,500 olgotturu, aM rouM only be filed 1ftt.r six montho, Ros""r u!d. Hownct1 with only 1,(..47 otud<nrs voting In the fur pres!dentitl cloctloo, the o!d lequtrementwcu!d hne b<enru:uly lmponible to 1chlm:. The bill now allowJ reeo.ll p<titloru to be fikd thfee mondu Utu a olflcla.l mumuoffoce 1nd <tulrel dgniikantly fewer rigltltur<t. For uunpk, 1 r..:all petitio!') for 1ny seru.tor thh le<M.Otet will require 1,647 sigltllufCI, the wd>cr of otud.nts who mfed ln th.e !ur pmldent!al el:!ion, but 1 pedtlo.o 10 !<all tlu po<son who mumu the pruldeat't offict would htvo 10 wtit moatln1nd .....,..Jd Jrill rtqUire the umewm!nrd rigounues. With th< 1equln<Mnt that the bill:>t only coat>!!') pwidentitl aru:lklotu thor htve h<en on SA for six r:nonth1 removed, 1M genonl. decrio111 lo April will follow the nrno u thelmcJ.ctiO<t>. SA president resigns amid scandal SORC finds Kostal violated code if conduct and abused his power
A<o!suntti......,Edirot Mw'lt'IIWmfl<)il.<om Sru&nt Auoclnlon President A!u Komi anno'"'"'d he ......,.jd be joining the Notiontl Guard after redgnlng 1t IJl emug<ncy unue meeting on Sundoy l!lght l>h!U un.:ler ocrutiny from 1 Ovenlght and Rulet Committee IDI'tstlgotlon. During Sunday't <M<dng, SORC I.JliiOUn<cd th.tt the !nv.,tigotlcn h.d fouod Kond !n v!olulon o( tlx aundardt bued on SA't code of ethla. Komi '"'!gned In 1 <pecch to tM oe111te h<fore the offidll flndlngtofthe SORC lnnulgarlon.,.-ere """""""cd. A=<d!ng 10 the ,.oulu ofSORC'r offiu cllmote rurvey, 'R.oponden\J who hod r.tgttive mponou ldentifd the {Kortal] and other officlols u theto<lrte.' The SORC lnvutlgulon &ound lncl&nta !a whkh l<otul vial..ud the OO<k ofethlu .00 four lru:ld<nts In which Koottl htd .bused hlo powu. S<venl meonl)(u d SA hn aha mtde alkgotiono th.ot Kono.l hu rontribll{ed lr> hOftile won environment, hu lntimidotcd other mem.ben d SA, It Uyi"( to amr up prevlo<U wrongdoinga and wu Involved In the theft o(IJW?>I Po.t ll<'W'Ip1p<fl. Fl..dlnv lnvutlg.Uon These are the fovc J,ldenn In wh!ch SORC found l<cnol hd 'i'{oi""d SA'o <o& d tthia, 10 tht mlnutu do Dec. It SORC meeting: Involnmenl tnd k<l<>Wkdge d totting ol(l)hoJ.on fl<cln 1houl. room on a mtc funded n!p for Uolted Council whl!c In cffke uSA pculdent. InrofvemeQt with u.d knowledge of the bully!ng and hnlngo(Seru.tntMmRoone<. Active Involvement 1M lmcr..iedr cJ theft mini:! tnd hdng In po.,.u[on o( rtolut properly without the lntent!<m of rerurolng lt. Inttrf<ring with the ulllnni!J anJ SORC tnvutlgotion by lrutructlng tt>ff 111<mbero 10 delibmtoly m\t!ud uol.woify llld otu<lent ui<Xluion tnwot!gttuu. lnvolvunenr 1nd knowledge of 1M dW.Den1e dellruttion of !I.e UWM Post newopap<rt. 'l1!ue are the four !nd&nu In whkh SORC found l<cota.l hld tonunlncd IJl .buu of powu, ltt<)fdlng 10 the mlnutu d a Deo.. 11 SORC meeting: Intlm!dtdng 1r><i coercing SA employua from coopcntiag withtheunlven!tylrwcltigarion and mWpult!ing o( oubord!nlle The diro.:tln to the office mlmnt AMy Htph 10 aelu !nuu of rbe U'.'fl>l Pnlt Jnd In 1 dd.ibente llt<mp! 10 rupp<en the UW].f Pott't right of freedom of preu. Through compllceocy, M hu lolkd to be the g<nenl oup<rvbor of tM U<CIItin: tnd the official for all marten .Jfecdng arudent life 1nd Attempting to ol:atru<l the Serute Ovenlght and Ruler !nnulgotioo, "olnni!J lnwotlgttlo<u ond vlo!uing hla tnporuy otdor. The !nwotigotlonb<gan u 1ruultof SORC'a oife cllmue rurny, given 10 Jhout50 membc11 of SA !aot Sundoy, ln which oewrd rupo<l<l<nll oo,.,ed Kosta.! 10< Wtcngdolnga In and ouulde of the ollk Oct. 31, about 1 ononth prior to the uut of the lnvttdgarion, dose 10 800 "'p!u of the UWM Pnot W<le ato!en fu>m the otando culyln the morning. "We were tll [!') the ('Oonmon uu. of the Stu&nl Auodtion offia, tnd the out aitldzlng 'Br!ghu" 1b.o Night,' ,,.d I hct<d A!u [Koati.!J lrutruct Andy (Hapb} 10 go oo on opentloniO lind J.Od D<pu!J Spu.hr Tereu Pdlarlc uld. THE UWM POST SA Continued from page 1 'M>IJ!d bemmc pcu!dent thenutday.ln 0""' ofblo lut actsu prulde<U, oomiru.ted Ltng to fl!ljohruoo't' (otmer posldon. In hor1ddrcu to tMI<RI!e bout the oomlnotlcn, L..ng n!d tht oM pf1n1 to SA hade towhtt It wu lik.e l>ot lo o:der to 1egoln a pooitlve roputttion 1mcng the oru&nta. "We r.eed 10 l1gure out how to be more 1nd more IO!tront o( othen and me<e Long ukl when li1tlog hu goth fo1 h.:r n<:W po,;t!on. 'Some dthe thloga thttwe'n tllhunl !nth<: pur couple weeks !a thot we M<en't t.lwayo 11>krsnt or tUp<ctfW of <"'h othm' oplnlonL' M!dw.y through the dehtt< ovr whethu or not fo tpf"ove Lang, the tu.l.l mud to auopend the ruko and bur from the Senate Ovmlgbt and Rulu Committee, whkh eonducr<d on of the Sldhu and 1nd wu rudy 10 prutnt lro ecommtndttlon to the oentt< tolmp<och The committee fouM tlut all th<cc had engoged In vuloua fwmo of It fuund tlut Komi wu found 10 how b<en In vto!atlon of st.: aundonh of the SA code of uhlu by ongag!ng ln theft, lntim!dttlon ln the ofl'oce, hnlng S<ootar Moll Rooner, dutroylO( hundreds of "'plu of the ti'.VM Post and lnwfedog with SORC'lnvett!g.tloo.. 'This wu 1 very tedious wk {o.nd] It wtt wry" difficult to do,' SORC Cho..l Tenz.a Pdktrie nld, thanking tM memben d the ('Omm!u.e foe toklng put. "FO{ Pruldent Alttondu l<ottal, [we] recmrun<nd !mpuchment u.d removd to the unal.e regarding conduct .. unbe"'mlng of on SA cffidli 1nd of powen.' Kootl.!, Jobruot. and Sidhu lorgely deny the chargu that luve nuf..,td o.golnn them olnce Johruon wu tt>ted ofJuutlumolt .. ven!we<hago. Whl.!e Kootaluld that theSORC lnwulgulon wu rusp.tct and unflrly tugeted him, he uprused hope for SA't futute. 'lw:..med ogdnn formlog teopogoats - !!'1 d.,...)"l an easy way out when the OlJ'llfutlon bu <a<ne seriouo floWI In it," Komi nld outside tM meeting. 'But I th!n!c the 1ppolotment of 'Ike P1<.o\dent Ltog todty h 1 step In the right direction, and hop<fully unrler her lud<uhlp, we <In nut to oolvc tO<ne of theo condu [11ue1.' Kouo.l, Sidhu aM job111o.o plan 10 Uov: UWM u th end of the aemesl<r and en!lst In the Nulontl Guotd tog<theL After htlk tnlnlng, Koottl plano to rerurn to UWM nut &11 fo ('Ontlnue hit otudln and poulbly rejoin SA. The seru.l.e took"" 1ction ogdntt the thtu ueept to a<p! thtir ru!gnuloru. During the mt of the m .. tlng, the aenate ttl!ll!dered two bllJa Introduced by Murhew Rot!ICr th.ot ""''" to lnd!ute to stud<nta tho.t SA had begun I!I<W. 'I'be SA ifiU<d O'Vl:r bow far It Wtnred 10 dlm,nu luc!f from" ihe Kutal.,dmlolmation, u they comk!eted blllo 10 IJIIke offidili urier 10 ncillnJ to froue tb.o 1ilideo olthe SA pruldent and 'i'{cc Both o( the1e bi!lo puoed with some om<ndm<nU 1c moke them leu hush <><>SA officlt.l. Additlonr.lly, the unne pprow<i moot of the S<ntl.e Flnuec Committee budget, luvin3 only tM 101011nt of moru:y dedkued to UPARK 1r> be determined, and IPI'<O'Vl:'l! thne new aen1tcn. The ,.ru.te b seh:duted to teroon"" rwice In the cat Wt!k, but Spu.hr of the Serute Rick Banb choose 10 not hold Thwtohy'lll\eetlog If tbete io wgol'lt for the !<nate 10 add rut. SenaiO{ Rldg<W>y oloo rulgntd lt Sunday' muting. pantherLINK https://pantherlink.uwm.edulzimbralh/printmessage?id=83503 1 of 1 pantherLINK Fwd: From : Rick L Banks <rlbanks@uwm.edu> Subject : Fwd: To : 'Dakota Ray Hall' <drhall@uwm.edu> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Matthew Rosner <Matthew.Rosner@uwsp.edu> To: rlbanks@uwm.edu Sent: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:01:16 -0500 (CDD Subject: Hey Rick, drhall@uwm.edu Font Size: Frl, Apr 05, 2013 03:44 PM The Intention of this legislation was to ease the recall restrictions and to strike the provision requiring six-months of experience In the Student Association In order to run for President or Vice-President. Sincerely, Matthew Rosner ..t/-C;:/")f\11 A-11 D11..f
Peter Wolff and Richard Shortt v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16, Selective Service Local Board No. 66, and Col. Paul Akst, Individually and as Director of the New York City Headquarters Selective Service System, 372 F.2d 817, 2d Cir. (1967)