Voting is in progress for a proposed constitutional amendment: an Update to the Representative Council Bylaws to Reflect Importance of Holding RepCo Positions. The voting period will end on April 7 and requires a positive vote from 2/3 of the student body to pass.
At the SGA General Assembly on March 30, former SGA President Cole Churchill reported that about 950 affirmative votes are needed in total and about 430 had been obtained. In an email sent out to the student body on March 31, they reported that about 587 (81.8% of the 716) respondents said that they had voted or were voting now, which means over 150 didn’t actually vote. Seeing as over 500 votes were still needed as of the SGA meeting, Churchill expressed frustration with this lack of sincerity.
Churchill stated that the amendment would ensure that SGA can run essential meetings and “remain at its purest form instead of what its recently been.” It would create repercussions for RepCo members who miss meetings to encourage more participation and help meet quorum. The changes include, but are not limited to, the following: notifying RepCo members about their position and obligation to attend the SGA Budget Meeting and RepCo Plenary Meeting, notifying members about meetings one week in advance, allowing members with multiple positions to have up to two votes, allowing proxy voters to stand in for RepCo members, establishing a 30 minute time limit for quorum and a three hour time limit for RepCo meetings, and retracting RepCo status from those who miss both meetings in one semester.
Churchill described the RepCo update as an “emergency” amendment that would “better the functioning of SGA” for future years at the Sunday meeting. The SGA has since switched to its 2025-26 staffers, and in their final email as President, Churchill implored “if you haven’t already, please vote!”
