Election results announced tonight

The results of the fall elections will be released at tonight’s Student Senate meeting.

This will also be the last meeting for Student Senate members Carolyn Beck, Katie O’Grady, Shawn Ready and Donna Vitale. They did not seek re-election.

Student Body President Sean Anderson will preside over the meeting, as an election for Student Senate speaker will take place after the election results are announced.

Current Student Senate Speaker Kent Ohms hopes to retain his position.

For the first time this year, Anderson vetoed a proposal.

He vetoed a line-item transfer that would take the leftover money from the Tennessee-Martin football game buses to the Illinois Student Government Associations Conference (ISGAC) fund.

There was no way the funds could be transferred because the money that was left over was returned to Apportionment Board, Anderson wrote in the veto.

The leftover $4,000 would have been used to expand the conference to more schools. The money could be earned back from the registration fee.

The conference that will take place at Eastern will bring Illinois public schools together to attend workshops, share ideas and network.

“I am not opposed to ISGAC getting more money,” Anderson said.

Student Senate member Kenney Kozik, a sponsor of the original bill, said that an additional allocation request will be submitted to Apportionment Board for the same amount.

If the additional money is needed before the spring semester, the student body president can convene a Student Senate meeting, Anderson said.

In other business, a final vote will be taken on two bylaw changes that will require Student Senate members to attend one Registered Student Organization or hall council meeting on a regular basis.

Also, Ohms will give the State of the Senate address and Anderson will give the State of the University address.

Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. every Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.