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STUDENT COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTION information

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Article IV, Section 1 of our Constitution:

1. The Executive Board will be chosen in a general election of the entire sixth and seventh grade Student Body, and will contain at most twelve members except in times of transition.  All terms for the offices listed below will begin on the day of the Graduation Ceremony in June, and will end on the day of the Graduation Ceremony in the following year.

  1. A President, who is a seventh grade student at time of election.

  2. A Vice President, who is a seventh grade student at time of election.

  3. A Treasurer, who is a sixth grade student at time of election.

  4. A Secretary, who is a sixth grade student at time of election.

  5. A Board of Directors, to include the students who each receive the second highest number of votes in the election for each Office above.  The President-elect may appoint other unsuccessful candidates in the seventh grade to the Board of DIrectors, with consent of the Advisor and under the limitations outlined in this Article.  Each member of the Board of Directors will become the chair of a Standing Committee as defined in the Sixth Article, to be assigned by the President and Advisor.

  6. Any member of the Student Body elected as Middle Level Representative to the New Jersey Association of Student Councils (NJASC), will become a member of the Executive Board, or allow for appointment of a thirteenth member for the duration of their term.

 

ARTICLE IV SECTIONS 1A-1D mandate that sixth graders can run only for Treasurer and Secretary, while seventh graders can run only for President and Vice President.

ARTICLE IV SECTION 1E provides for the election of four students to the Board of Directors, and for appointments to be made by the President-elect with consent of the Advisor following the election.  This section also mandates that appointments only come from the pool of seventh graders that have successfully completed the Candidate Training Course but were unsuccessful in the General Election.