RECALL, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

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Upon submission of a petition signed by five (5) percent of the members of the Association who are eligible to cast votes for the officer sought to be removed, the A.S. President shall declare a recall election. Petitions must be submitted individually for each officer sought to be removed.. (Revised 04/28/99)

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A recall petition shall contain a statement of reason for removal. The petition must contain the signature and student identification number of each signer.

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A recall election shall be held not less than fifteen (15) or more than thirty (30) calendar days after the filing of the petition except where that period is within thirty (30) days of the last day of the semester. Then the vote shall take place the following semester, following a reaffirmation of the recall by Council.

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Notice of any recall election must appear at least two (2) days in the Daily Aztec prior to a recall election.

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Ballots for a recall election shall list each name separately.

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Two thirds (2/3) of the votes cast shall be necessary to recall, provided that at least ten percent (10%) of the members of the Association who are eligible to cast votes for the officer sought to be removed have cast votes in the recall election.

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In the event an officer is removed by recall a new election shall be held for his/her position within twenty (20) calendar days of his/her removal except where the period is within thirty (30) days of the last day of the semester. Then the vote shall take place the following semester, following a reaffirmation of the recall by Council.

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A recall initiative or referendum proposal from the Association at large may be submitted to the A.S. Council in the form of a petition signed by five (5) percent of the total membership of the Association. Adjustments to the student body organization fee shall be subject to referendum at any time upon the presentation of a petition to the President of the University containing the signatures and student ID numbers of at least ten (10) percent of the regularly enrolled students at the University. Any such proposal so submitted to the A.S. Council will then be submitted to the Association at large in a special referendum called within thirty (30) calendar days except where that period is within thirty (30) days of the last day of the semester. Then the vote shall take place the following semester, following a reaffirmation of the recall by Council. (Revised 04/28/99)

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A referendum proposal may be submitted by the A.S. Council to the Association at large in a general election or a special referendum election.

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