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The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) approved a motion on Wednesday to amend the student government bylaws.

The proposal was made due to inconsistencies and the fact that the current bylaws are out of date, according to Executive Vice President Alex Andreotti.

Although the motion was approved, some amendments were not made because the senators could not reach an agreement.

One proposed amendment called for changing the number of hours prior to meetings that a senator would be notified during election times. The amendment called for making the notice three hours in advance instead of one hour.

A two-thirds majority vote was needed for the vote to pass. After an exhaustive debate of more than 40 minutes and three failed votes, some senators proposed to suspend the motion.

Senators Jamie San Andres and Luis Sanchez wanted to amend the article.

“One hour is not enough time of notification,â€Â San Andres said. “I know some people won’t be able to attend if they only have an hour’s notice.â€Â

San Andres said that it would be difficult for her to get the allotted time needed off of work to attend the meeting.

Senator Selena Farnesi disagreed, saying that since the meetings would be scheduled in advance, one hour is an ample amount of time to make the meeting.

But after nearly an hour of discussion and no decision reached, Farnesi suggested putting the vote on hold, in part because some senators were not at the meeting.

Andreotti agreed, saying the discussion had no end in sight and the time limit of the meeting was running low.

The motion was passed and amending the bylaws was put on hold until the next scheduled ASI meeting.