Article VIII: Replacement of Officers

Section I. President
A) In the event that the President is removed, resigns or becomes permanently incapacitated, the Executive Vice President shall assume the Presidency;
B) In the event that the President-elect is removed, resigns, or is permanently incapacitated, the Executive Vice President-elect shall assume the Presidency-elect;

Section II. Executive Vice President
A) In the event that the Executive Vice President is removed, resigns, becomes permanently incapacitated, or is elevated to the position of President, the following procedure shall occur:

1) An election shall be held within the General Assembly;
2) All Assembly members shall be eligible to run;
3) A candidate receiving a majority vote shall become Vice President;
4) If no candidate receives a majority vote, then the candidate with the least number of votes or those candidates tied with the least number of votes shall be dropped from the ballot and another election shall be held amongst those candidates remaining from the previous election. Said procedure shall be repeated until a candidate receives a majority vote;

B) The same procedure described in Article VIII, Section II, Subsection A shall be employed for the replacement of the Executive Vice President-elect, except that candidates who ran for President and Executive Vice President in the most recent general election but lost shall also be eligible to run;
C) If both the President and Executive Vice President or both the President-elect and Executive Vice President-elect are removed, resign, or become permanently incapacitated in conjunction with one another, the procedure described above in Article VIII, Sections II, Subsection A and, if applicable, Clause B shall be employed for filling both offices;

Section III. Other Executive Offices
A) If the Treasurer and/or Secretary are removed, resign, is permanently incapacitated, or elevated to the Presidency or Executive Vice Presidency, election(s) to replace them shall be held within the General Assembly. Candidacy in said elections shall be open to all Assembly members. The outcomes of said election(s) shall be determined by plurality vote;
B) If any of the appointed Vice Presidents is removed, resigns, is permanently incapacitated, or is elevated to the Presidency or Vice Presidency, the President shall appoint a replacement, subject to the approval of the General Assembly;

Section IV. Representatives
A) In the event that a non-freshman Representative is removed, resigns, becomes permanently incapacitated, or is elevated to the Presidency or Executive Vice Presidency, or an elected Representative seat is left vacated after General elections, MIAC may appoint a new representative, at its discretion;

Section V. MIAC Members
A) If a member of MIAC, other than the Executive Vice President, is removed, resigns, becomes permanently incapacitated, or is elevated to the Presidency, the Executive Vice Presidency, or any other Executive Office, a special general election shall be held within the General Assembly, open to all Assembly members, to fill the open post in accordance with the rules established under Article V, Section II, Subsection C;
B) All Assembly members shall receive one vote in the special election for every MIAC post open in accordance with Article VIII, Section V, Clause A;

Section VI. Time Period for Replacements
A) All permanent vacancies, excluding General Voting Member vacancies, shall be filled within two academic weeks of the creation of the vacancy;
B) An exception to Article VIII, Section VI, Clause A shall be elected Representative seats left vacant by general elections; said seats shall be filled by the end of the spring term in which said elections are held;


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