About 12 council members raised their hands.
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A motion to entirely overturn the March 20decision to raise the term bill failed as well, byan unofficial count of 15-33.
The vote on the motion, which was recorded inanother roll-call vote, would have required atwo-thirds majority of the council to pass.
Finally, council Parliamentarian David A. Smith'94 announced his ruling that the council actedimproperly in handling a petition submitted byAnjalee C. Davis '96.
Davis' petition had called for a referendum onfive issues, of which the term bill hike and thecheck box option were two.
Smith said Davis' petition had met the onlyrequirement regarding petitions in the councilconstitution that the document be signed by tenpercent of the student body.
The council executive board had moved to barfour of the questions from the petition largelybecause students were given the option to indicatewhich of the five issues they wanted to go to avote.
Smith has been absent from school sinceFebruary due to surgery