1) No notice was given to students that this referendum was happening outside of MCSG and MPIRG.
2) The language placed on the referendum question was entirely supportive of the contract and did not provide voters with both sides of the story. It should be no surprise that biased language on the ballot leads to a biased outcome.
3) The MPIRG referendum was hidden on a separate ballot away from the executive board ballot. It's not surprising that less than 300 students voted in the referendum while more than 900 voted in the executive board elections.
More information can be found here:
http://themacweekly.com/2014/04/revote-on-the-mpirg-referendum/
If 555 students sign this petition, MPIRG and MCSG will be forced to hold a new election. Let's hold our campus officials and student organizations accountable. It's time to hold a new MPIRG referendum.
I support having MCSG hold a referendum to determine if it should terminate its agreement with MPIRG
Updates
April 20, 2014
The current growth indicates that the student body recognizes the procedural flaws in the initial referendum. I am now preparing a formal request to the student government to schedule a meeting regarding these contract concerns.
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144 people shouldn't get to decide this for the whole school. The ballot language was totally loaded too. Let us vote again properly.
TOTAL JOKE. keep it fair or don't do it at all.
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1) No notice was given to students that this referendum was happening outside of MCSG and MPIRG.
2) The language placed on the referendum question was entirely supportive of the contract and did not provide voters with both sides of the story. It should be no surprise that biased language on the ballot leads to a biased outcome.
3) The MPIRG referendum was hidden on a separate ballot away from the executive board ballot. It's not surprising that less than 300 students voted in the referendum while more than 900 voted in the executive board elections.
More information can be found here:
http://themacweekly.com/2014/04/revote-on-the-mpirg-referendum/
If 555 students sign this petition, MPIRG and MCSG will be forced to hold a new election. Let's hold our campus officials and student organizations accountable. It's time to hold a new MPIRG referendum.
I support having MCSG hold a referendum to determine if it should terminate its agreement with MPIRG
Updates
April 20, 2014
The current growth indicates that the student body recognizes the procedural flaws in the initial referendum. I am now preparing a formal request to the student government to schedule a meeting regarding these contract concerns.
3 Comments
This was so shady. I had no idea a vote was even going on until it was already over. We need a fair shot at this.
144 people shouldn't get to decide this for the whole school. The ballot language was totally loaded too. Let us vote again properly.
TOTAL JOKE. keep it fair or don't do it at all.
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This was so shady. I had no idea a vote was even going on until it was already over. We need a fair shot at this.