Student Handbook - Sweet Briar College

2. Spring Elections should begin two weeks prior to Spring Break.3. Senior Elections should be held at the end of March or the beginning ofApril.4. The Non-Residential, Turning Point and Transfer student representativeshould be elected before the second SGA meeting of the fall semester.C. Guidelines for Nominations for every elected position:1. To be a candidate for an elected office, a student must submit her nameat a time and place designated by the Electoral Officer of the SGA. In theevent that a student is abroad, she may either nominate herself or mayhave a resident student nominate her by proxy. The position of SGAPresident may not be filled by a student who is abroad during the springsemester of her Junior year.2. With self-nomination, each student is required to submit two hard copiesand one electronic copy of a platform that includes her intentions andwill be displayed in two locations on campus upon verification andapproval of the candidates meeting the election criteria.3. Each student must have a minimum 2.7 GPA, be in good academicstanding, and have the proper class status in order to nominate herself.All nominations will be sent to the Registrar’s Office in order to verifythe student’s status. If a student falls out of good academic standingduring her term in office, she will not be permitted to run in a springelection for the upcoming academic year.4. Any judicial candidate must have been in good honor standing for theentirety of her college career.5. All students must be in good honor standing in order to self-nominate,run for, and hold office. Good honor standing is defined as not havingreceived a judicial sanction in the current academic year as defined in theJudicial Constitution by I.C.b-k. If a student falls out of good honorstanding during her term of office, she will face removal from herposition at the discretion of the SGA Executive Board. If a student fallsout of good standing during the election process, she will be removedfrom the election, and the election will be rerun with the remainder of theoriginal candidates.a. Spring Elections shall consist of: Group I Elections (the six ExecutiveCommittee Officers), Group II Elections (Academic AffairsCommittee) Campus Events Organization, Inter-Club Council,Judicial Committee positions, SGA Representative of Non-Residential, Turning Point, and Transfer students and TraditionsCommittee as needed), Group III Elections (positions elected by eachclass), and if necessary, Group IV Elections (unfilled positions). Fallelections shall consist of First-Year Elections.________________________________________________________________20