The possibility of bringing online voting to campus is on today’s Student Senate agenda.

If approved, the resolution will allow the creation of a subcommittee on online voting to introduce the process to the university. Future responsibilities of the committee chair will be designated by Alison Mormino, student body president.

The resolution was written by External Relations chair George Lesica, and covers one of Student Government’s goals for the current academic year. The proposal states, “an online voting system would increase participation in student government and therefore increase the say that students have in decisions that affect them.”

A cost-effective online voting system would be used for Student Government as well as other campus organizations, such as University Board which could poll the campus on upcoming concerts, said Bill Davidson, speaker of the senate.

“We’re trying to increase voter turnout,” he said. “It’s (online voting) a lot more efficient in counting votes.”

Lesica will also speak at the senate meeting to clarify Student Senate members’ questions on voting.

“The (sub)committee is essentially a search committee,” Lesica said. “The committee will come up with a set of requirements for what we want the (voting) system to do.”

The Senate also proposed a resolution to clarify student pay procedures. The resolution will recommend to the Human Resource Office a change in student checks to include wage rate and hours, if approved.

The proposal states if the information is included it will decrease “discrepancies between employer and employee records, and, whereas, this information will be especially useful seeing that students get paid once a month.”

A senate bill allocating $100 for Spoken Word, on open microphone night Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in 7th Street Underground, was tabled last week.

If passed this week, Spoken Word will receive funds to cover costs of prizes for first, second and third place competitors at the event.

Ronnie Deedrick, student vice president of academic affairs, will also speak at tonight’s senate meeting regarding the “Pick a Prof” program.

The proposed program suggests making information such as class syllabuses and professor information available online before students enroll.