Student Handbook - Sweet Briar College

6. All candidates will participate in mandatory candidate forums once thecandidates’ platforms have been approved and posted. These candidateforums will be organized and executed by the SGA Electoral Officer.Should a candidate miss the forum and not provide a proper excuse, theElectoral Officer reserves the right to disqualify the candidate. If acandidate is running opposed, misses a candidate forum, and does notprovide a proper excuse, she will be disqualified from that election.7. SGA elections shall be conducted by the SGA Executive Committee inplace of the Electoral Officer at the time it deems best (for instance,when the Electoral Officer is a candidate in an election).8. Newly-elected officers shall assume their duties at spring transition withthe understanding that old officers complete their already-begun projectsand those students sitting as representatives to the Board of Directorsrepresent the students at the spring Board of Directors Meeting. In theevent that the new officer is abroad in the spring of her new term, thenthe current officer will hold her position until the end of the academicyear, unless otherwise determined.9. If a position remains unfilled and Group IV Elections must be run,restrictions based on class status and experience shall be lifted. The classstatus restriction shall not be lifted for either Judicial Chairs. An electionforum will not be held for Group IV elections, but platforms will beposted as with normal elections. The students must have a 2.7 GPA, be ingood academic standing, and be in good honor standing.10. If a position remains unfilled after Spring Group IV Elections, or on theoccasion of a resignation from or vacancy of an elected office, the SGAExecutive Committee will discuss and decide how to address the openingon a case-by-case basis. The SGA Executive Committee will present aformal recommendation to the SGA Board, and an emergency SGAmeeting may be called in this situation, unless otherwise noted.D. Guidelines for Campaigning1. Verbal campaigning will be permitted. Campaigning shall be conductedin a manner that only benefits the candidates. No candidate can usepublic slander in order to diminish another candidate’s credibility, inaccordance with the regulations stated in the Student Handbook. Therewill be no door-to-door campaigning.2. Electronic campaigning of any sort is prohibited. This includes but is notlimited to social networking sites, email, and instant messagingprograms.3. Third party campaigning shall be prohibited. Third party campaigning isdefined as asking or allowing any person other than the candidate inquestion to campaign for a certain candidate. Any third partycampaigning will be considered a violation of the non-academic honor________________________________________________________________21