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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dear Undergraduates,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">In the upcoming election, two referenda will be on the ballot. We have received some questions, and the leadership of the Undergraduate Association would like to
inform you of how binding referendums proceed in the UA election process. For clarification, when
<b>the words “UA” or the “association”</b> are used in the referenda, it <b>refers to the undergraduate student body of MIT.</b> In general, referendums do not necessarily reflect the opinion(s) of UA leadership. Rather, they serve as a vote that, if passed,
would result in a position on behalf of the undergraduate population.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The following can be found in the UA Election Code sent by the UA Election Commissioner on February 27: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The submission of a matter to a binding vote by the Association can be made by a majority vote of the full voting Membership of the Council or by a written petition signed
by ten percent of the Association. The result of the vote shall be binding on the UA, if applicable, if
<b>at least twenty percent</b> of the Association voted.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Binding referenda may be held at the regular election with the same deadline as the candidates' petitions, or at a special election called by the Election Commission.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">UA Council</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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