by
Andrew Wingens
| 11/21/2011
Student Union President Herbie Rosen '12 has called for a constitutional review of the Student Union Constitution, two years before an official review would be mandated by the constitution, he said in an interview last night with the Justice. According to Article XIII of the Student Union Constitution, a Constitutional Review Task Force instructed to conduct "a full review of all aspects of the Union" must be formed every four years. The task force would comprise students from various constituencies, including secured groups, club sports, the Union Senate, artistic and performance organizations and religious organizations, as per the constitution. Rosen said the review would be implemented due to questions that have been raised about the constitution. "We are doing it because people have asked me to, ? and I looked at [the Constitution] when I got elected and was just like, ?I don't want to be the president of a Union with this as a constitution, '" said Rosen. Rosen listed past troubles with the student elections voting system and the term lengths of senators as two issues that helped prompt the review. "The voting system, the question of abstain and can that just be worded better?that's the main thing, making our constitution be more clear and less pretentious sounding," he said. Earlier this year, a Justice review of election results revealed that the instant runoff election system used by the Union incorrectly tallied votes and failed to express voter desires in the election results.
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