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June 23, 1983

19 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BILL 06
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
STUDENT UNION

Sponsored By:

Representative-at-Large:

Bill Tucker

A BILL

BILL SUMMARY
Amends the UCSU Election Code

BE IT ENACTED by the Executive Council of the University of Colorado Student
Union, THAT:
SECTION 1:

A.

Section 15.3 of the UCSU Election Code shall be amended
to read:
"15.3 Each polling station shall have at least one voting
machine or ballot box capable of being securely locked and
tamperproof. Only the Appellate Court Justice(s) or bonded
security agent(s) may possess keys to these locks."

B.

C.

Section 15.6 of the UCSU Election Code shall be amended to

D.

Section 15.7 of the UCSU Election Code shall be amended to
read:
"15.7 Ballot boxes shall never be opened du r ing the days of

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voting, after once having been sealed in the presence
of the Election Commissioner or authorized assistant
Election Commissioner each in the resence of at
least two 2 Appellate Court Justices, for any reason.
Ballot boxes shall remain under lock and shall have a
metal seal applied in addition to the locka:t"the
opening of each polling station each day. This seal
shall be of the unbreakable variety and shall have to
be cut to open the ballot box(es). (The seal shall be
strong enough to keep the ballot box(es) locked and
secure without a lock). The metal seal shall be of a
unique variety unobtainable b the eneral ublic and
shall be placed on the ballot box es by the Appellate
Court Justice(s) at the o enin of each ollin station.
The Appellate Court Justice s shall retain custody of
any unused seals in a secure place.
((Type the rest of the section as it exists, without the
paranthetical material after my last sentence. The
next sentence should read: "The seals used shall not
be readily ••• "))
-E.

Section 15.8 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"15.8 At least one member of the Election Commission
shall be present at all times from opening to closing at
each polling station each day to ensure security and
fairness of the voting procedures. In addition the
Election Commissioner or authorized assistant
Election Commissioner either one accom anied b at
least two 2 Appellate Court Justices, must be
present at the opening and closing of each polling
station each day."

F.

Section 16.8 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"16.8 All printed ballots shall be kept under lock and
key by bonded security agent(s) until the days of the
election. Onl the Election Commissioner
accompanied by two 2 Justices of the Appellate
Court rna have access to these ballots rior to the
election; to wit, three 3 signatures shall be required
to release the ballots to the Election Commissioner.
At the end of each polling day, all cast, uncast,
multilated, or otherwise defaced, unreadable, or
disqualified ballots shall be turned over to a bonded
security firm for storage until the opening of the next
day of voting, or in the case of the second day, until
the ballots are counted."

G.

Section 16.10 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"16.10 Each polling station shall have an enlarged
version of a ballot posted conspicuously, so that all

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voters can see it plainly, at the polling station. No
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H.

Section 17.4 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"17.4 One ballot shall then be validated with the unique
validation stamp of that particular election and then
the pollisitter sha ll obscure the names of candidates
that were disqualified or voluntarily withdrew after
the printing of the ballots. These things having been
done, the pollsitter then hands the ballot, together
with all printed instructions, to the voter. The
member of the Election Commission presei1t5hall
ensure that only those candidates who have been
disqualified or voluntarily withdrew are obscured from
the ballots."

I.

Section 17.6 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"17 .6 A voter may request a new ballot for any reason,
upon returning the first one for exchange. The first
ballot shall then immediately be invalidated ~
marking a large "X" on the ballot with an indelible
marker. The invalidated ballot shall not be destroyed
or disgarded, but stored to ensure a proper count at
the close of the polling station."

J.

Section 17.7 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"17.7 If the voter abandons the ballot, it shall be
collected by a commission member or pollsitter and
invalidated and secured in a manner such as described
in Section 17 .6."

K.

Section 17.10 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"17 .10 Disqualified or voluntarily withdrawn candidates
may not appear on the ballot. in the case of
disqualification or withdrawal after the ballots have
been printed, those candidates names shall be obscured
as per Section 17.4."

L.

Section 18.2 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"18.2 If ballots are hand-tabulated, tabulation shall be
performed in Election Committee and Appellate Court
view even if tabulation has been contracted to a
bonded security firm."

M.

Section 18.5 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"18.5 Ballot validity shall be determined only by the

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Election Commissioner."
N.

Section 18.6 of the UCSU Election Code shall be
amended to read:
"18.6 A ballot shall be invalidated for the following
reasons, but not limited to these reasons:
a)
lack of a unique, registered ballot validation
stamp or the presence of a validation stamp
other than the official, registered stamp of the
election.
b)
illegibility
c)
physically incapable of being tabulated."

SECTION 2:

The Executive Council and UCSU shall contact and obtain
the services of the Election Commission of Boulder County to
administer the Falll983 and Spring 1984 UCSU elections. The
Boulder County Election Commission shall have full purvue over
the election and the new election commissioner of UCSU shall
work with the Boulder County Election Commission before,
during, and after the Falll983 and Spring 1984 Elections.

SECTION 3:

The next Election Commissioner shall be appointed for
a period of one year, to insure continuity of the elections in the
Fall of 1983 and Spring of 1984. The duties of the Election
Commissioner shall include, but not be limited to, working with
the Boulder County Election Commission before, during and after
the Fall 1983 and Spring 1984 UCSU Elections and preparing an
Election Commissioner's Handbook detailing all the various steps
of the election. In addition, the next ElectionCommissioner must
have had UCSU Election Commission experience either as an
Election Commissioner or Assistant Election Commissioner.

SECTION 4:

This legislation shall become effective upon passage by
Executive Council.

6/23/83 - INTRODUCED
7/7/83- WITHDRAWN