Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Whee!
Some ASUC stuff today, including a couple of bills to change elections. I'll be working under the assumption that what the Daily Cal reports is accurate, which is a rather poor one in light of this, on an ASUC constitutional amendment:
Sixty percent of the student body must cast a vote for or against the amendment, with 50 percent of voters approving the referendum before it can take effect. How I wish this was true, but unfortunately, the Daily Cal is pulling something from out of its ass. I should note that, apparently, Katlyn Carter is no longer covering the ASUC. Lucky her.
See, there are a couple reasons why this is a stupid error. The first is that one can read the Constitution, which makes this obviously wrong:
A favorable vote of sixty percent (60%) of the votes cast for and against the amendment shall be necessary for adoption of the amendment The second is that the Daily Cal made an error on this exact topic in May.
And the third reason is that, in the last election, a constitutional amendment clearly passed without satisfying this rule. Only 40% of voters voted on it, making it come to about 13% of the student body.
Good job, Daily Cal.
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