Article VIII – Vacancies and Removal

Section 1 – Vacancies

1. If there is a vacancy in the office of President of SGA, the Speaker of the House shall succeed as President.
2. If there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate shall succeed as Speaker of the House.
3. If there is a vacancy in the office of President of the Senate, a campus-wide election shall be held in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article VII of this Constitution.
4. If there is a vacancy in any other SGA officer position, a replacement shall be selected in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article VII of this Constitution.
5. If there is a vacancy in the Student Senate, the President of the Senate shall appoint a student from the proper graduation year and academic division to fill the seat. The nominee must be approved by a majority vote of those SGA members present at a general session at which a quorum is present.
6. If there is a vacancy any class representative member position in the House of Representatives, a replacement election shall be held to fill the positions in accordance with the procedures outlined in Article VII of this Constitution.
   1. If a replacement election fails to fill the vacancy, unfilled position(s) will become available to the entire student body. Any student may run for one of these positions, regardless of expected graduation year, so long as s/he submits one or more petitions containing the signatures of at least 100 students in support of her/his candidacy.
7. If there is a vacancy in any correspondent member position in the House of Representatives, the organization which was to be represented by that correspondent position may designate a successor to fill the unexpired term of that position.

Section 2 – Removal

1. If any member of SGA falls out of good academic and social standing with Centre College, defined as being on academic or disciplinary probation or suspension, s/he must resign from office.
   1. If the member disputes the academic or disciplinary probation or suspension or feels that the violation does not affect her/his standing in SGA, s/he may appeal to the Executive Committee for permission to stay in office. The Executive Committee may allow the member to stay in office by a two-thirds affirmative vote of those members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
2. If any member of SGA fails to abide by the procedures or attendance policy of SGA, as outlined in the Constitution and Bylaws, s/he may be reprimanded and/or removed from office.
   1. Two thirds of the Executive Committee, or at least one hundred members of the student body generally, who affix their names to one or more petitions, may report a violation of the procedures or attendance policy of SGA to the Secretary of Administration and the Director of Campus Activities.
   2. Upon receipt of this report, the Secretary of Administration shall launch an investigation to determine if a violation exists.
   3. If a clear violation exists, the Executive Committee may vote to reprimand any member of SGA by a the affirmative majority vote of officers present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
   4. If a member of SGA is reprimanded, SGA retains the option to vote on whether to remove that member from office. A member of SGA who has been reprimanded by the Executive Committee may be removed from office by a two-thirds affirmative vote of SGA members present at a general session at which a quorum is present.
3. The SGA President, Speaker of the House, Vice President of Programming, and President of the Senate may be recalled by the student body through the following procedure.
   1. One or more petitions containing the signatures of not less than fifteen percent of the student body shall be filed with the Director of Campus Activities before the question of whether to recall an officer shall be presented to the student body.
   2. Within one week of the filing of such a petition, the Director of Campus Activities shall submit the question to the student body.
   3. The affirmative vote of a majority of the student body shall be necessary to recall the officer in question.