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U-DFL Endorsement
Rules for All-Campus Elections
- Any University of Minnesota
Student who is eligible to fill the position they seek endorsement
for. The U-DFL shall open endorsements for all positions on
the ballot within the All Campus Elections Commission.
- The U-DFL shall endorse no more
students than the All Campus elections Commission information packet
indicates open positions for.
- Voting for single seat positions,
such as MSA President and Vice President, shall be done by secret
ballot.
- A candidate must receive
support of 60% of the votes for endorsement.
- If the first ballot does not
give 60% of the votes to one candidate, all candidates except
those receiving the first or second highest vote totals from the
first ballot will be removed as eligible candidates for
endorsement. In the case of a tie for second highest
total, all tied candidates will remain eligible candidates for a
second ballot.
- If still no candidate
receives 60% of the vote, balloting may continue for unlimited
numbers of ballots according to rule 3b until a candidate
receives 60% of the vote.
- A motion for no endorsement
shall be in order after two ballots and shall be approved by a
simple majority.
- Voting for multi-seat positions
will be done by slate.
- Candidates require a
nomination and a second to join the slate.
- Candidates can be removed
from the slate by a majority vote.
- The slate shall be approved
by a 60% affirmative vote.
- Voting Requirements:
a.
Voting rights shall not be denied to anyone who has attended two
meetings in the past 12 months and is not a member of any other
political party.
- As stated in the U-DFL
Constitution, the U-DFL will not support any candidate other than
the endorsed candidate
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