Vote on reforms delayed
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student council”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a delayed vote on proposed Student Council reforms and the possible abolition of the Board of Elections.
- The paper reported that six referenda would be voted on May 9, possibly in the last election ever run by the Board of Elections.
- The article says five amendments were combined into one petition, while the proposal to abolish the Board of Elections was separate; the six proposals would likely be combined for the May 9 vote.
- The reporter writes that an appeals committee upheld Atin Agarwal’s challenge to a protest but delayed the vote for voter education and because the updated ballot was not ready until 3 p.m.
- Agarwal said the petition was valid and the protest was baseless, while Michael Seibert said the Board’s co-chairs acted within their authority under the bylaws.
- According to the article, the proposals would change how vacancies are filled, allow constitutional changes without a student vote and create a Committee on Student Elections; a forum was planned for May 2.