CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS REVISIONS VOTE RESULTS 2017
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA®
Committee on Elections
Faculty Center
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October 2, 2017
Press Release
Special Fall 2017 Constitution & Bylaws Revisions Results
The Committee on Elections verified the results of the Fall Special election to revise sections of the UA Faculty Governance Constitution and Bylaws and is pleased to announce the results of the Fall 2017 Faculty Special Election. A total of 541 ballots, representing 16.16% of the voting faculty, were received. The results are below.
Fall 2017 UA Faculty Special Election Results
PASSED: revision to BYLAWS Article IV, Sections 1 and 2.
ARTICLE IV
Committee on Elections and Election Procedures
Section 1. Declaration of Candidacy. Candidates for elective office shall declare their candidacy to the Committee as directed on the Faculty Governance website:
a. Declarations shall identify the office being sought, and shall provide a means for candidates to affirm their eligibility for and willingness to hold the office. Electronic or hard-copy signatures shall be acceptable.
b. The Committee on Elections shall verify the eligibility of each nominee.
Section 2 would also be altered to remove reference to nomination petitions
NOTE: A two-thirds majority of the votes cast is necessary for adoption.
480-YES, 42-NO = 91.95%
PASSED: revision to BYLAWS Article VIII, Section 2B, subsection ii.
ARTICLE VIII
The Faculty Senate
Section 2: Membership
b. Elected members: Elected members of the Faculty Senate will hold office for two years, beginning on June 1 of the year in which they are elected, in accordance with the following:
i. Twenty members shall be elected, prior to June 1 of the odd-numbered years, by the General Faculty. These shall be designated Senators-at-Large.
ii. A minimum of one member shall be elected prior to June 1 of the even-numbered years by each College Faculty. The Colleges shall include each academic college as well as any unit whose General Faculty membership exceeds the number of General Faculty in the smallest academic college. Those General Faculty members who are not part of any academic college and whose numbers in their individual units do not meet the above criteria shall conduct an election as if they constitute a common college. Elected members of the Faculty Senate in addition to the twenty elected by the General Faculty and the ones elected by each College Faculty, including the common college, shall be apportioned among the several colleges, essentially in proportion to the number in each College Faculty. Such apportionment is to be established in accord with the published census of the General Faculty by the Committee on Faculty Membership.
NOTE: A two-thirds majority of the votes cast is necessary for adoption.
409-YES, 106-NO = 79.42%
PASSED: revisions to BYLAWS Article VIII, Section 2 (adding 2e)
ARTICLE VIII
The Faculty Senate
Section 2: Membership
e. One Representative of the Classified Staff: one member of the Classified Staff Council (CSC) of the University of Arizona shall be appointed annually by the Chair of CSC. The member will hold voting membership and be afforded the full privileges thereof
NOTE: A two-thirds majority of the votes cast is necessary for adoption.
405-YES, 111-NO = 78.49%
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, 2017-18
Dr. Alex Braithwaite, CHAIR, Government & Public Policy
Dr. Ahlam Saleh, AZ Health Sciences Library
Dr. Sydney Pettygrove, Epidemiology & Biostatistics