Discuss this Story on the NU News Message Board. Jenny Jiang News Staff Northeastern's Student Government Association recently passed a resolution allowing the Senate Nominations and Elections Committee to move forward in drafting an amendment that would allow students to directly elect the SGA executive board members, according to student government officials. It was an opportunity for the senate to review what SNEC is doing. SNEC is responsible for overseeing the nominations of SGA senators in addition to examining the prospect of direct elections for SGA executive board members. Currently, all six of the executive board members are elected by senators.
Students have no direct involvement in the election process.
The resolution, passed on April 12, does not mean that the senate has agreed to proceed with direct election or approved SNEC's proposed election rules and procedures, according to Marysharon Owens, SGA vice president for administration. According to Driscoll, SNEC will present an amendment to the SGA constitution at the next joint senate meeting on May 16. Any changes to the constitutional bylaw would require a two-third majority vote in the joint senate, Owens said. Owens, who is also the chair of SNEC, said that she voted against the resolution. Online voting would make voting easier and more accessible, though Owens feels that student apathy would make the transition to direct elections more difficult.