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While the UC’s Election Reform Task Force proposal originally included a cash stipend for election commissioners, the final legislation left out this provision...
Eliot representative Allen Yang ’11 said that after “a heated debate” in Rules Committee, members felt that the stipend idea was not “very strong nor palatable” at this point but could be left for future Councils to consider...
...stipend was originally proposed in an effort to attract a more diverse group of election commissioners, UC Vice President Eric N. Hysen ’11 said at the time the preliminary election reform report was released...
Second, the UC will offer a stipend to students who serve on the Election Commission. We strongly believe that the funds that the UC will direct toward improving software and paying students to serve on the Election Commission are better suited for initiatives that can serve more tangible benefits to Harvard students. As stated above, complete electoral reform is, in this case, virtually impossible. The UC should instead focus its energies on what it was intended to accomplish—namely, the improvement of student life—rather than waste resources and energy working to bolster its electoral...
Students on the Election Commission would also receive a stipend in order to attract a more diverse group of applicants to the Commission, said UC Vice President Eric N. Hysen ’11. In addition, current UC members or candidates running in the elections will not be allowed to serve on the Commission—a eligibility requirement that would be formalized for the first time...