Is the Clear Majority really representing CSULB's majority?

Wednesday's ASI Senate Meeting focused, in large part, around a potential new bylaw amendment entitled the Clear Majority Act, which could lead to the misrepresentation of the CSULB student body.

The bylaw amendment would redefine what was considered a two-thirds vote in the ASI Senate. In order for an amendment to be put into effect right now it requires a two-thirds vote of the entire, 20 member senate. In other words, a solid 14 votes is required to pass an amendment. If changed, the senate would require a two-thirds vote of the sworn in members of the senate.

This change was proposed weeks ago when senate members were discussing the challenge of receiving all 14 votes required to pass an amendment when there are only 15 sworn in senators. In this particular situation an almost unanimous vote would have to be cast to pass the amendment at hand.

As with every meeting, concerned senators spoke out in order to ensure that the senate had the students best interest in mind. Sen. Amanda Thyden voiced her opinion the fellow senators. She worried that lowering the already low 14 votes required for the senate to pass an amendment could lead to further misrepresentation of the CSULB student body as a whole.

Deciding to give the proposed amendment more thought before coming to a decision, the ASI Senate approved the second reading and passed the amendment along to the ASI Judiciary for further scrutiny.