APPENDIX A.
FACULTY
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF
VII.
Method of Election of the
The Secretary of the Faculty
shall request that each electoral unit proceed to elect its
representatives. Elections shall be held
in February of each year with members-elect to take office on the day following
the last regular meeting of the
To obtain nominations, each department/school/college shall develop a ballot that
lists every eligible member of that department/school/college. Each member of the faculty
shall vote by secret ballot for twice as many nominees as that faculty member's
department/school/college is entitled to elect. That group of nominees equal to twice the
number of representatives to be elected that receive the largest number of
votes shall then be placed on a separate ballot for the election of
representatives. An alternate method of
nominating Senators by the schools is found in Section VI.
To elect representatives
each faculty member shall then vote by secret ballot for the number of
representatives allotted that electoral unit. Votes shall be counted in
accordance with procedures agreed upon by the electoral unit.
The administrative officer
of each electoral unit shall report the results of the election to the
Secretary of the Faculty.
Each senator shall serve a two-year term. Senators may be elected to succeed themselves
twice. After a lapse of one year following
the expiration of this third term, they will again be eligible for
election. The seat of an elected senator
who fails to attend more than three consecutively held meetings of the Faculty
Senate shall be declared vacated by the Chair of the Faculty. If a senator is awarded a
research or medical leave and an alternate senator attends in his or her place,
the three consecutive meeting rule will not be invoked. (Faculty Senate Resolution #09-06)
Each electoral unit
concerned shall hold special elections to fill unexpired or vacated terms. The Senate may establish and promulgate
procedures for selecting alternates for elected and ex-officio members. The administrative office of each electoral
unit so affected shall certify to the Secretary of the Faculty the credentials
of individuals thus elected.