Faculty Senate Bylaws
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  1. Membership
         
  2. Meetings 
         
  3. Officers & steering committee
         
  4. Faculty Assembly delegates
         
  5. Committees

    Appendices

II. Meetings

C. Voting
  1. Voting in the Senate shall be by voice vote, except that the President or any member may request a vote by division. When a vote by division is taken, the record of the vote shall be announced and entered in the minutes. At the request of a member and with the concurrence of one-third of the members present, the record of the vote of each member of the Senate on any proposal shall be entered in the minutes.
  2. The President shall have a vote in all matters.
  3. All elections shall be by written ballot. The President shall appoint tellers for each election and shall read into the minutes the names of those elected.
  4. For elections conducted within the Senate, an individual must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected. If more than the prescribed number receive a majority vote, the places are filled by the proper number receiving the largest number of votes. If this is impossible due to some candidates receiving an equal number of votes, then all candidates receiving more than this number are elected, and all other candidates remain on the ballot for the necessary repeated balloting. If fewer than the proper number receive a majority vote, those who do have a majority are elected, and all other candidates remain on the ballot for the necessary repeated balloting.

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Updated 09/03/2003