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                            SENATE DOCUMENT #7  

                     Executive Committee Document #1



The Executive Committee recommends the following policy with respect
to the conduct of elections to committees:


It is the established policy of the faculty that, with certain
recognized exceptions,* all faculty members eligible for elections
to committees will be listed on the respective ballots.  Individuals
elected to committees have the right to resign their positions for
professional or personal reasons.  The individual should send a
letter of resignation stating the reasons for such action to the
Chairman of the Faculty Senate.

If a member of an elected committee resigns, the position will be
filled by the faculty member with the next highest vote total as
determined by the ballot which elected the resigned committee
member.  Order of rank for elected committees is determined by the
document regulating tenure, promotion, and reappointment decisions.

In the event of a tie vote for a committee position, the normal
procedure will be to conduct a run-off election between those
individuals who are tied.  If one or more individuals involved in
the tie wish not to stand for election in a run-off, he or she
should notify the Chairman of the Faculty Senate with a brief,
written statement of the reasons.  If such a withdraw breaks the
tie, the run-off election need not be held.



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*As stipulated in the Faculty Senate Constitution and as pursuant
 to the recognized practice of allowing anyone to withdraw his or
 her name from the ballot for the Consolidated University Faculty
 Assembly.



RATIONALE:  To date, with the exception of the Faculty Senate
Constitution and the accepted practice followed with respect to
the ballot to the Consolidated University Faculty Assembly, there
is no stated policy for such matters.




October 26, 1978