[SDS] MAL Election Meeting

[Gustaf Rath]

Greetings SDS Members,

As you should know by now, this semester's MAL Election meeting will be held
this Wednesday December 5th at 9pm in E230. The current list of nominations
pending acception by the nominees is:

Nick Malaguti
Nick Albizati
Daniel Ready
Ethan  Kelley
Heather Tomaszek
Abel Alvarez
Will Estes
Hillary Schrauth

Election procedure and absentee voting guidelines (straight out of the DS
Bylaws) are as follows...
Section 3. Elections

   1. A general election meeting shall be held within ten days of
   nominations or one day before the last day of classes in a given semester,
   whichever comes first. Elections must occur before final exams.
   2. Voting in elections shall be by secret ballot. The winner shall be
   determined by a simple plurality.
   3. The following order shall be followed during the election portion
   of the Spring general election meeting:
      1. election of President
      2. election of Vice-President
      3. election of Business Manager
      4. election of Publicity Manager
      5. election of Member-at-Large
   4. The election of each officer shall be as follows:
      1. formal acceptance or rejection of nomination
      2. a prepared speech by the candidate with all other nominees
      outside the room
      3. an open question and answer period
      4. closed discussion with nominee outside the room
      5. if any further questions arise during the closed discussion,
      the nominee may be brought back to answer these
      6. vote
   5. After a given vote, the candidates who did not win are eligible
   automatically nominated for all lower offices ("dropped-down").
   6. Time limits for elections shall be established as follows:
      1. Five minutes for each speech
      2. 7 minutes for questions and answers per candidate
      3. 13 minutes for discussion
      4. drop-down candidates shall have time limits for speech &
      questions at 2.5 and 3.5 minutes respectively.

Section 4. Absentees

   1. The required process for absentee ballots is as follows:
      1. Each nominee will be encouraged to compile one abstract of no
      more than two hundred fifty words stating his or her intentions for the
      office(s) sought. These abstracts must be submitted to the President no
      later than forty-eight hours after the nomination meeting.
      2. Absentee voters must declare to the President at least
      twenty-four hours before the election meeting their inability to
attend. At
      least twenty-four hours before the election meeting, the President will
      present to the absentee voter a document containing the above-mentioned
      abstracts in total. This document will not be released until after the
      deadline for abstract submission has passed. The absentee voter will be
      encouraged to read each abstract before casting the absentee ballot
      3. The ballot must be written and include the name of all
      offices for which that member casts votes and the nominees to which those
      votes are given
      4. This ballot must be sealed in an envelope or in some other
      fashion so that it can be clearly determined at the time of
voting that this
      ballot has not been viewed by anyone except the absentee member. This
      envelope must have the printed name and signature of the
absentee member who
      is casting the vote
      5. The envelope containing the ballot must be given to the
      President before the election meeting begins
      6. Ballots must clearly stipulate the voting member's wishes,
      optionally including drop-downs. Any ambiguities or ineligibilities, as
      determined by an unanimous vote of the Executive Board, will
result in the
      entire ballot defaulting to an abstention
   2. Voting by proxy is not allowed.

Any additional nominations can be emailed to sds at stevens.edu before the
close of nominations at the beginning of the election meeting. Every attempt
will be made to keep this meeting as brief as possible. Please be prompt to
avoid delays.

Thanks,
Gus Rath
Vice President - Stevens Dramatic Society
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