Election rules last updated January 30, 2026
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IX. Voting
A. For all elections conducted by the Faculty Senate Collaborative Governance Specialist:
- Voting shall be done by electronic ballot, which was initiated May 2007. Ballots must be submitted by the announced time and date to be considered valid.
- Results of balloting shall be verified by the Collaborative Governance Specialist and reported to the President-Elect who will then first inform those elected.
- Election results shall then be communicated electronically to all faculty and announced at Council meetings to be reflected in the minutes.
B. For Faculty Senate Council representatives:
- Elections for representatives to the Faculty Senate Council from each unit entitled to a representative (defined in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Sections V.A.1 and V.A.2) shall be conducted in accord with the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Section V.B by the department chair, or, if there is no chair, by the current representative. To start the election process, the person conducting the election will poll all members of the Faculty Senate within their unit to see who is willing to serve as representative. If no member is interested, the person conducting the election may appoint a tenured member or a Teaching Professor of the unit with their consent. If only one member is interested, that member will serve as representative. If more than one member is interested, the person running the election will set up a process by which all members of the Faculty Senate within the unit will select by secret ballot which willing member is chosen.
- Elections are to occur before June 1, so that the name of the chosen Faculty Senate Council representative can be forwarded to the President-Elect and Collaborative Governance Specialist by June 1.