The Government of the Student Body is holding a second election for a new off-campus government constitution today.

GSB President Andy Tofilon vetoed the bill approving the constitution.

Tofilon, who called the first election a “fatally flawed” vote, said a second election is necessary to ensure the new off-campus government constitution is legitimate and recognized by its constituents. Only 19 students out of nearly 17,000 off-campus constituents cast votes to approve the new constitution at a previous election in November, he said.

“We really need to get students to vote so we can adequately represent all off-campus students,” said John Tenhundfeld, president of the Off-Campus Government. “Ideally, we’d like to get at least 1,000 votes. We’d like to get the maximum number of votes we can.”

Tofilon vetoed the bill after the senate voted in favor of the new off-campus constitution Jan. 16.

Off-campus students must present their ISU cards and fee cards before they can vote in today’s election, which will be between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the west entrance of the Memorial Union. GSB and Off-Campus Government members will supervise the vote.

The new constitution makes it easier for the off-campus government to operate and will allow the government to represent its constituents better in the future, Tenhundfeld said.

“The biggest problem with the old constitution was that quorum for meetings was especially hard to get,” said Tenhundfeld, sophomore in biology. “We’ve changed to a smaller quorum, with stricter bylaws on attendance.”

In the new constitution, off-campus students who are seated as GSB senators also will be senators in the Off-Campus Government.

This election is extremely important to the 17,000 students represented by the off-campus government, Tenhundfeld said.

“We have way more students than RCA, UDA or TRA, yet we’re struggling to survive,” he said. “If this doesn’t pass, we are left with no constitution.”

Currently, the off-campus government is working to provide students with information about local landlords and their rights as tenants and roommates, Tenhundfeld said.

“[The off-campus government] has some very exciting ideas about what to do with the government,” Tofilon said, “and this is just the first step.”