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idates result in half as many parties
Fewer persons are running for ASUN executive posi
tions this year than in spring 1976, which explains why
there also have been fewer parties formed, said Joe
Stavas, ASUN Electoral Commission member
Four parties were on the election ballot last year,
and only two parties, the Students for University Need
(SUN) and the High People's Coalition (THC), were
formed for the 1977 election.
Stavas said he thinks a principle candidate is needed to
form a party.
Student apathy probably is the reason fewer persons
filed this year, Stavas added .
Paul Morrison, SUN party adviser, agreed with Stavas'
statements, Morrison was an unsuccessful presidential
candidate with the Alliance of Concerned Students last
year.
Morrison
said he thinks there are many
Amendments' goal to restructure
Six constitutional amendments on this year's ASUN
ballot are designed to restructure out-moded practices in
the UNL student government.
ASUN President Bill Mueller said the first amendment
action Hi
was drawn up because "ASUN wants to review and ap
prove FAB's recommendations before they go to the vice
chancellor for student affairs."
The amendment is an addition to Article IV, Section
1, dealing with the powers relating to organizations.
Mueller said the amendment does not call for the
dissolvement of FAB, but is an effort to find out student's
opinions.
The second amendment would change Article VI,
Section I, giving senate more control over the Electoral
Commissioner.
Amendment four reduces the percentage of signatures
required on a petition calling for a Constitutional Conven
tion from 35 per cent to 15 per cent, changing Article
X, Section 5. ,
Mueller said the fifth amendment is the most impor
tant. "In order for these amendments to be passed, we
have to have 15 per cent of the students voting affirma
tively," he said.
"The sad thing is we can't get 1 5 per cent of the stu
dents to vote," Mueller said. In the last election only 13
per cent of the UNL students voted. This amendment
reduces the affirmative vote necessary to pass amend
ments to 7.5 per cent.
The sixth amendment gives the chairman of the ASUN
senate the power to define what a quorum will be, Mueller
said. This year, two-thirds of the 35 senators constituted
a quorum. With the change, he said, it will be easier to
hold meetings and there will be less pressure on the
senate to act if the seats are vacant.
New system will be more accurate
Student fees will be more accurately accounted for
next year with the introduction of a line-item accounting
system proposed by the voucher study subcommittee of
the Fees Allocation Board (FAB), said Sherry Cole,
FAB chairwoman.
The system involves the use of an accountant spread
sheet with each student organization's expenditures re
corded by categories, said Cole.
She said monthly summaries of line-item spending
could also be provided for each organization through such
a process.
Jack Guthrie, Coordinator of Programming and Plan
ning at the Center for Students and Organizations (CSO),
said a financial summary could be prepared by the CSO
bank over the summer to show student organizations
where their money is going.
The summer reports will be ready in time for the
board's initial fee reviews in the fall instead of after the
allocation process has started as with the present auditing
system, Cole said. ,
"If faced with drastic cuts in fees, it (the new system)
would allow us to determine where cuts could take
place," she said. ":"
According to Cole, line-item accounting will enable
FAB to quote percentages of fee dollars that go for such
things as entertainment, supplies and transportation and
to consider these things in making allocation decisions.
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advantages to party affiliation. Parties provide candidates
with a better knowledge of the issues, he said, and make it
easier and cheaper to campaign.
Although some persons think about elections as early
as Thanksgiving, Morrison said, most potential candidates
form their parties in early January.
He said party organizers look for experienced persons
and friends to complete their slates. He advised potential
candidates not to try to form parties alone, but ask the
help of someone who has done it before.
Independent Senate candidates interviewed said they
were opposed to party affiliation.
Arts and Sciences candidate Scott Ballentine said he
did not affiliate with a party because he did not decide
to run for senate until two days before the filing dead
line.
"I'm not sure there are many advantages to parties"
Ballentine said. "If someone in your party comes off
really poorly, it reflects on the entire party."
Keith Winter, independent Business College Senate
candidate, said, "This way, I owe no on any obligation
and I can do anything I want."
Both Winter and Ballentine said campaigning is more
difficult without party backing.
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