Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...putting the most important question about its future in the hands of the students. The pressing issue won't be deciding between the next Progressive or Pragmatist President, but rather the size of the council itself. If successful on Sunday night, the council will put a binding referendum on reducing council size by 15 members on the Presidential ballot, along with the term-bill referendum...
...council support as a constitutional amendment, the strongly supported measures have failed. By taking the issue to the students, the council is hoping to trim the fat once and for all. What was disturbing about the debates on Monday night during which the idea of a council size referendum was introduced was the council members' lack of confidence in the student body. Even Presidential candidate Todd E. Plants '01 voiced fears about the student body's decision-making capability saying, "I urge you not to give the student body the opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot." This sort...
...sincerely hope that a majority of the council representatives are trusting enough in the wisdom of the student body to put this matter to a referendum. It seems that the only way that the council will downsize is if it is forced to do so by its electors. Indeed, this might be the first chance students have had in a long time to directly influence the council's effectiveness. Let's hope it's not the last...
...legislation put forward by Alexander A. Boni-Saenz '01 would have sent the matter directly to the student body in a campus-wide referendum, and so required only a majority vote...
...bill would attach the referendum to the presidential ballot later this month, along with a referendum to increase the council's term bill fee. For the referendum to be binding, at least as many students as voted in the first election of the school year must vote...