Resolution 06-19: VOTING WITH COMPUTERS
| Number | 06-19 |
| Description | computerized voting system |
| Authored by |
Mikhail Sookoor |
| Sponsored by |
Mobolaji Odewole |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, October 17, 2006 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | FAILED. Security and voter fraud are major concerns. The significance of the voting process could be lessened; we want educated voters. |
| Whereas | The percentage of students on campus who voted last semester was less than 10%; and |
| Whereas | Currently there is only one location for the whole student body to vote; and |
| Whereas | Students with majors situated far away from the UC like Architecture and Fine Arts have a lesser voter turnout because it is inconvenient to walk the distance to the UC to vote; and |
| Whereas | Many universities including UT Austin have a successful computerized voting system; and |
| Whereas | Many universities including Vanderbilt University have a computerized voting system that is more efficient and reduces the time it takes to go through the voting process; and |
| Whereas | Computers with the voting programs can easily be situated across campus, improving student voter turnout. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | UTA get a computerized voting system spread around the campus including the Fine Arts/Architecture Building while still keeping the polling booths at the UC. |