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Section 2. Transition
Officers elected under the provisions of the constitution which this constitution supersedes shall
remain in office and exercise their powers and duties of office as set forth in the constitution.
Bylaws for the Student Association
Article I.B. Election Procedures
Section 1. Nominations
A. Obtain petitions from McMurry Student Government Office.
B. Obtain signatures from Student Association members.
i. Executive Council and attorney general candidates must obtain 20 signatures from
members of the Student Association.
2. Senators and class presidents must obtain 10 signatures from the class of which they
are a member.
C. Obtain verification of grade point average and number of hours from the registrar.
D. File petition in the McMurry Student Government office by the deadline set and publicized
by the Executive Council.
E. To ensure that officers will be prepared to handle the issues which are questioned, discussed,
and resolved by McMurry Student Government, the following requirements are to be met
by students wishing to run for Executive Office:
1. must be a full time student at McMurry,
2. must have served on Student Government for at least one year (one year being defined
as 80% of two consecutive semesters, excluding allowed absences) and,
3. must hold and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Section 2. Times of the Elections
A. The election of the Executive Council and the attorney general shall take place on a Tuesday
and Wednesday in April, unless it is deemed necessary by the sitting Executive Council
to hold elections on the last Tuesday and Wednesday of March to avoid interfering with
Easter holiday or other springtime campus events. Run-off elections, if necessary, will take
place on the Thursday immediately following the Tuesday elections.
B. The election of the sophomore, junior and senior class councils will take place a Tuesday
and Wednesday, following the Executive Council and Attorney General election, in April.
Run-off elections, if necessary, will take place on the Thursday immediately following the
Tuesday elections.
C. The election of the freshman class council will be held no later than the third Senate session
of the fall semester. The specific day will be set by the Executive Council.
D. With the exception of petitions and elections dealing with vacancies for vice president, one
week will be allowed between the petition deadline and the respective election. Elections
dealing with vacancies will be held at a time announced by the Executive Council.
Section 3. General Election Provisions
A. The following will be declared elected by majority vote:
1. Executive Council members,
2. Attorney General, and
3. Class Presidents.
B. The senatorial positions will be elected by selecting those five in each class receiving the
most votes.
C. A run-off election will be called for:
I. If no candidate as described in Section 3, paragraph a., receives a majority of the votes,
or
2. If there is a tie for any of the five senatorial positions in a class and said tie causes the
number of candidates receiving the five highest number of votes to exceed five.
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