SPECTRUM members and their allies have submitted a petition to Recall David Williams current SGA President. The Constitution of UCCS Student Government states that 10% of the student population needs to sign a petition to force a recall vote. SPECTRUM encourages all students to read the articles realted to this issue and be informed voters. Please see the Articles page for more information.
UPDATE: The recall petition drive was a success, however, the Chancellor has decided to stop the recall election here is the announcement she sent to the campus:
Click here to read it from the Communique page: http://www.uccs.edu/~ur/communique/
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April 3, 2009
Statement by Pam Shockley-Zalabak, chancellor,
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
I am cancelling a planned recall election for the position of student body president David Williams.
My action follows Mr. Williams’ formal appeal asking that I review the petitions signed by students and the process used to initiate the recall.
In my review, I found the petitions and the signatures on the petitions to be valid. However, the process used for the recall was not ratified by the branches of student government, a requirement of the Student Government Association Constitution.
For this reason, I am cancelling the recall election.
The Student Government Association remains a free-standing student organization. The administration’s role is to ensure that organizations follow university rules and policies as well as any rules established by the organization itself.
We will continue to work in this rule and to ensure that disputes among adult learners on the campus are handled fairly and within established guidelines.