CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
University of Iowa Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article III, Section 6:
The Committee on Elections, consisting of five members with staggered three year terms, presents to the first Senate meeting of the spring semester a list of faculty members eligible to vote, a list of Senate positions to be filled, and a list of persons eligible for each position. At the same time the Committee determines the number of positions to be provided on the Council for each represented college. The Committee supervises all elections and decides tie votes by lot. The Committee also presents, at the regular April meeting of the Senate, at least two nominations for the offices of vice president and secretary of the Senate, and, if the current year's vice president is unable to succeed to the presidency as specified in the constitution, then also for the position of president of the Senate. Nominations are to be made from the membership of the Senate. The Committee solicits suggestions from the members of the Senate for its consideration in preparing the slate of candidates. It seeks short autobiographical sketches from the nominees and distributes copies of these to the members of the Senate before the meeting in April.