Leg Item

Faculty Association	January 6, 2005

ITEM # 1

FA 04-31:

Submitted by the Nominations and Elections Committee

Faculty Association Bylaw Revision

Second Reading: Provisions for Tie Votes

The N & E Committee proposed the following 2 changes to the FA By-laws (Article VII Nominations and Elections) to address the need for provisions for a tie vote for Association Officers and Committee Positions:

Article VII Section 3 to be amended below to read: (Bolded sections added)

SECTION 3.

Election of Association officers shall be by plurality vote, which means that the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner. At the Annual Meeting, the Chairperson of the Nominations and Elections Committee or a designee shall report in writing the results of the election of officers. In the event of a tie vote for any office, the Nominations & Elections Committee shall hold a run-off election by ballot, to be held immediately following ~~this meeting~~ the Annual Meeting and the following Friday from 9:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Article VII Section 5 to be amended below to read (Bolded section added)

SECTION 5.

Election of members on all committees shall be decided by plurality vote, meaning that "the candidates will fill the positions in the order of the number of votes that they receive" (Cannon 1995, 132). In the event of a tie vote for a committee position, the Chairperson of the Nominations & Election Committee, or designee, in the presence of at least one other Nominations and Elections Committee member shall use a coin toss to determine the winner.