Davis then found that, having proposed his motion, council regulations forbid open debate on the matter. The motion--according to rules established in the council's constitution--would have to be voted up or down without discussion.
Davis then motioned "to suspend the rules." When the motion to suspend the rules was approved, he gave his speech in defense of his proposal.
Seton Concedes Fault
Seton, who brought the original term bill legislation before the council , was its champion and most vocal defender.
But after Davis' speech proposing to draft the legislation as a campus-wide referendum, Seton switched camps and voted against his own legislation.
"[Davis] convinced me," Seton explained.
Seton argued last Thursday that attaching the term bill increase to this year's presidential ballot would overly "politicize" the issue.
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