Resolution 98-33: RANDOMIZE OUR PIN CODES SO WE CAN MODERNIZE OUR ELECTIONS
| Number | 98-33 |
| Description | Assign PIN codes to each student |
| Authored by |
TJ Barber |
| Sponsored by |
Jeannie Panton |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, March 3, 1998 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, March 10, 1998 |
| Committee | Rules and Appropriations |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - This would not provide safer online elections, according to the 3-member committee. |
| Whereas | UTA assigns PIN codes to students based on their day and year of birth; and |
| Whereas | With this system it is possible for someone who knows the individual's birthday and SSN to falsify certain records within the SAM telephone system; and |
| Whereas | Organizations collect SSN's for reporting both to the university and national/international headquarters; and |
| Whereas | It would be possible for someone to cast votes for individuals without their knowledge or consent when the UTA Student Congress moves to an electronic/computerized election system; and |
| Whereas | The use of randomized PIN codes not based on the students' day and year of birth would make it possible for the UTA Student Congress to modernize and offer electronic/computerized elections; and |
| Whereas | It would be possible to assign random PIN codes to each student registering for the fall of 1998 semester and therefore allow Student Congress to offer said electronic/computerized elections. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | UTA assign random PIN codes not based on day and year of birth to each student registering at UTA starting with the fall 1998 semester; and |
| Be It Further Resolved That | This resolution take effect prior to the June registration for fall 1998 classes. |