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University of Maine Student Government believes it has found a way to prevent any repeats of the failures surrounding last year’s Student Government election on FirstClass.

At the Aug. 30 meeting, on the recommendation of Raymond Updyke, chair of the Fair Elections Practices Commission, the senate unanimously approved the resolution to use $2,250 from the FEPC annual budget to use WhatIf Networks, LLC, (WIN) in the upcoming elections on Oct. 27.

Last year, problems with FirstClass version 11 came from either software incompatibility or the program’s inability to distinguish among students with the same first and last names.

WIN is able to distinguish students by their middle name in addition to first and last names, so John A. Smith and John B. Smith will both be able to cast a ballot in the upcoming election. In the past, only one John Smith would have been able to vote.

The software for WIN is specifically designed for FirstClass version 11.

“As long as we stay with FirstClass 11, it should work,” Updyke said.

“We should not be paying for university upgrades,” said Sen. Chris Knoblock. “I’m hesitant to approve this because I think [Information Technologies] should be footing the cost.”

“This may be IT’s problem, but it’s also our problem,” Sen. Jon Allen added.

However, Vice President for Financial Affairs Nate Kinney said IT does not force Student Government to use FirstClass for its elections, so they are not responsible for issues with the system.

“IT would not front the bill for this because we choose to use FirstClass for our voting. We could use an outside system,” Kinney said before moving to vote.

During the meeting, $13,500 was allocated to the Collegiate Readership program, which provides newspapers to students on campus.

The Boston Globe will now be offered in addition to the Bangor Daily News, The New York Times and USA Today. Kinney said it will cost no more than last year, but the numbers and locations of the papers on campus will change.

This summer’s controversy surrounding same-day registration and allegations of voter fraud attracted the attention of senators. Residents must now register at least two business days prior to election with their updated information, including current dorm address.

“A lot of people who were supposedly committing voter fraud are UMaine students who don’t live in Maine,” said SG President Anthony Ortiz during his executive report.

“We’ve been blamed,” said Lauri Sidelko, director of Alcohol and Drug Education Programs and head of UMaine UVote. “We’re going to stand up this year and make sure we do voter registration right again as we always have.”

Vice President for Student Entertainment Joseph Nabozny announced UMaine will host a Janelle Monae concert on Oct. 20.

$4,905.05 was returned to unallocated funds by clubs and organizations.

In other business, the Interfraternity Council reported no fraternities on suspension this semester, unlike the 11 on suspension in the spring semester. Knoblock and Jackson Witherill were sworn in as senators.

Nominations began to fill vacant seats. Sen. Sam Helmke nominated Sen. Sarah Porter for one of the two vacant Student Organizations Committee chairs. Sen. Mark Brunton was nominated for the single open spot on the Executive Budgetary Committee, and Allen and Knoblock nominated each other for that seat as well. For the senate pro tempore, Porter nominated Helmke, and Allen nominated Knoblock.

After spending last semester interning in Washington, D.C., Ben Goodman returned to the senate and regained his position as senior senator.

At the Sept. 6 meeting, $6,000 was confirmed for the Kickin’ Flicks series for fall 2011. Confirmed titles include “Green Lantern,” “Horrible Bosses,” and “Cowboys and Aliens.”

The senate will use its “A Real UMaine Senator” commercial before the films to promote Student Government.

“It’s like an Old Spice parody,” said SG Vice President Caleb Rosser.

Nabozny said Student Entertainment is discussing “cheap comedy acts” to bring to UMaine, such as Bo Burnham.

A commuter student addressed the senate, saying that the new dining system on campus, including the hours for the Memorial Union, is “inconvenient for commuters.”

Knoblock is the only remaining senator from the original committee that oversaw the direction “dining is supposed to go in and the direction it did go in.”

New contracts are drawn up every five years, which is after most students leave the university. Knoblock said he reviewed the original agreement, and in his opinion, dining “met all the critical points.” He added that he would like to see a new agreement every three years.

The Golf Club requested $3,750 in additional funding for this season’s events; however, no representatives from the club attended the meeting.

After discussion, the senate chose to table the resolution until next meeting. Goodman assured the senate that this does not mean senate will not pass the bill, and he is sure “the resolution will be a hole in one.”

Four senators were sworn in: Vincent LoConte, Aaron Ortiz, Jennifer Ferguson and Ben Goodman. Allen resigned his post as senator but said he would continue to be involved with senate through IFC.

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