PROPOSITION 1

“Uncontested Elections Amendment”

This amendment would require UOSA officials who run uncontested to automatically run again in the next general election.

PROPOSITION 2

“Student Organization Empowerment Amendment”

This amendment would create a fifth branch of UOSA, a Student Organization Branch, and would alter the voting method to accommodate this branch.

PROPOSITION 3

“Voter Rights Amendment”

This amendment includes the following proposals:

• Uncontested UOSA officials would be placed on the ballot with the language, “Shall [candidate’s name] be elected as [representative/office position]?”

• Guarantee that students reserve the right to enact or reject legislation at the polls.

• Restrict many joint resolutions from taking effect for 90 days of passage.

• Make academic standing the only requirement for holding a UOSA office, and restrict UOSA from imposing any other qualifications.

• Guarantee that UOSA does not impose restrictions on students’ right to free expression.

• UOSA president and vice president run on separate tickets.

• Replace the current presidential run-off system with an automatic run-off system.

• Make OU’s representative to the Student Advisory Board an elected position.

• Allow students to propose legislation to UOSA with a petition signed by 8 percent of voters in the last election.

• Allow students to bring legislation to a campus-wide vote with a petition signed by 5 percent of votes cast in the last election.

• Allow students from any district to call an early election with a petition signed by 12 percent of the number of students in that district who voted in the last election.

• Place restrictions on the UOSA legislative branch from amending the constitution to effect the process for initiatives, referendums and early elections

• Require that UOSA elections be reasonably publicized three weeks in advance.

PROPOSITION 4

“True Democracy Amendment of 2010”

This amendment would increase the number of signatures required for recall petitions and petitions to place an amendment on the UOSA ballot from 25 percent of those voting in the last election to 10 percent of all eligible voters. This amendment also would require petitions to amend the UOSA constitution to have at least 1,000 signatures.

PROPOSITION 5

“Poll for possible fee”

This proposition is a poll that will ask students if they would consider consenting to a proposed $2 per semester study abroad fee.

To view the amendments, visit www.ou.edu/uosa/exec/spring_election.html.