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47.		(a)		The Faculty Council shall oversee elections to faculty committees according to the procedures outlined in this Code. In the spring of each year, the President shall appoint from the faculty-at-large a Chair of the temporary Committee on Election Ballots. The Committee on Election Ballots shall consist of the Chair, the Secretary of the Faculty, the Parliamentarian, the members of the Faculty Council, and the Secretary to the Faculty Council. The Chair of the Committee on Election Ballots shall be responsible for the distribution and collection of ballots, and the full Committee shall serve as tellers for the ballots, and shall announce the results of the elections.
(b)				Election shall be by the method of proportional representation known as the Hare Method.
(c)				The Faculty Council shall send to the faculty each spring an announcement of anticipated vacancies on all elected committees and shall invite nominations from the faculty-at-large and from the faculty members of each committee on which a vacancy or vacancies will occur. A similar announcement shall be made at the faculty meeting preceding the deadline for nominations. Nominations from the faculty-at-large, on forms provided by the Faculty Council, must carry the endorsement of three members of the faculty. Faculty members serving on a committee on which a vacancy or vacancies will occur shall nominate at least two candidates for each position to be filled on that committee. There shall be a common deadline for receipt of all nominations, both those from the faculty-at-large and those from the committees.
(d)				All nominees for election must be voting members of the faculty. In addition: No faculty member shall allow her or his name to go forth in nomination for election to more than one committee. Alternate to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion is an exception to the rule. No faculty member continuing on an elected committee in the following year shall allow her or his name to go forth in nomination for any other elected committee excepting alternate to the Committee on Tenure and Promotion. No faculty member who will be on leave for any part of the following year shall allow her or his name to go forth in nomination for any elected committee.
(e)				Requirements for divisional or other representation on elected committees may be satisfied by eligible continuing members of a committee, regardless of the circumstances of their initial election to the committee. Members of the Faculty holding joint appointments in more than one division, or who are appointed in a program listed in more than one division, shall, for the purposes of candidacy and election balloting, select a single division to represent. A record of this choice shall be kept in the office of the Faculty Council.
(f)				In the event that an elected, continuing member of a committee takes a sabbatical or other leave for one or two semesters in an academic year during his or her term, that member shall step down from the committee. When that member steps down, he or she shall have the option to resign or to return to complete his or her term. If the member chooses to return, a substitute shall be elected for the academic year in which the sabbatical or leave occurs. The continuing member will complete his or her full term upon return from leave.
(g)				If an elected committee member resigns from a committee before that member's term has expired, a new member shall be elected for a full term.
(h)				If a substitute is to be elected for a one-year term on a committee, a separate list of candidates willing to run for one year of service shall be drawn up.
(i)				When the Faculty Council has gathered the nominations and insured that they conform to this Code, ballots shall be prepared by the Chair of the Committee on Election Ballots and delivered to those members of the faculty eligible to vote. Ballots shall be marked and returned to the Secretary of the Faculty by the announced deadline. Notice of the election and the deadline for the receipt of ballots shall be given by the Chair of the Committee on Election Ballots at the meeting of the faculty preceding the deadline for the return of the marked ballots. The Committee on Election Ballots shall tally the ballots. The Committee on Election Ballots shall distribute the results of the elections both at the last faculty meeting of the academic year and by mail to the faculty-at-large.
(j)				The election of the alternate for the Committee on Tenure and Promotion shall take place in September of each year. The Committee on Tenure and Promotion shall nominate at least two candidates. The Chair of the previous spring's Committee on Election Ballots and the Secretary of the Faculty shall carry out the duties of the Committee on Election Ballots, as outlined above.
(k)				The Secretary of the Faculty shall keep for one year the tally sheets for each election. The tally sheets shall be confidential and shall only be used by the Secretary of the Faculty when it is necessary to fill unexpected vacancies on elected committees. When an unexpected vacancy occurs on an elected committee after the spring elections, a substitute shall be named to the committee unless both the committee and Faculty Council agree that the vacancy need not be filled until the following year. The substitute shall be the nominee placing next after the last nominee elected to the committee in that spring's election. The terms of all nominees elected to the committee shall be adjusted to satisfy the ordering of Section 46.(h) above. If a substitute is required but no substitute can be found using the procedure specified above, Faculty Council shall appoint a substitute to serve out the remainder of the academic year. Substitutes appointed by Faculty Council under the paragraph above shall be eligible for nomination for election to the same committee, notwithstanding prohibitions on consecutive terms. Next