Working on Bylaws

The ASM Constitutional Committee, Coordinating Council, and other entities of ASM are currently working on the bylaws for the proposed constitution. Per legislation that Student Council passed on December 10, 2008, ASM must have the bylaws finished two weeks before the special election. This requirement allows students to get a better sense of how ASM will operate should the constitution pass – where the rubber hits the road, so to speak. The bylaws will serve as an advisory document that the 16th session will then take up in the beginning of May. Once completed, the bylaws will be posted on this blog for your perusal.

Election Update

Due to the City of Madison Common Council primaries on February 17, the ASM Student Election Commission has changed the dates of the special election for the new constitution. Pending approval of the Student Judiciary (SJ), February 23 and 24 are the new dates. The SJ is expected to meet on Thursday to review the tentative dates. You can read more about the date change in the Badger Herald.

Special Election: February 17-18, 2009

On December 3 and 10, ASM Student Council unanimously passed a new constitution to be voted on by the UW-Madison student body in February. The final draft can be found here.

Pending approval of the Student Judiciary, the dates for the special election for the constitutional amendment will be on Tuesday, February 17 and Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

The Student Election Commission will be running a neutral get-out-the-vote effort, in the week or two leading up to the election. We encourage students students to utilize the supporting documents on this blog to learn more about how the government would change under the proposed constitution as well as the opportunities for involvement it would offer.