Passed Amendments

  Current text Article XVI. Section 1, Subpoint D 2. The judge was, within the last two years, the coach of the school whose teams/he is about to hear. 3….

Proposed Amendment:   V. TOURNAMENT SANCTIONING Section 12: For a tournament to receive CEDA sanctioning and qualify for CEDA points, the host school must be an institutional member of CEDA….

Proposed amendment:   10. Novice sweepstakes: CEDA will award novice sweepstakes trophies to the top three programs earning the most points in the novice division but not earning enough points…

Amends the election procedures to use ranked-choice voting instead of plurality voting. The rationale is that plurality voting for single-positions with more than two candidates or choices creates vote-splitting and…

Add new section to Article VIII. Amendments to the constitution and bylaws. Section 4. Amendments by the Executive Council. A. An amendment to the constitution or bylaws may be proposed…

AMEND: Article X, Section 2 Section 2: Students may participate in no more than five National CEDA Tournaments.   Article X, Section 4. A. 3 3. That a student competing…

Current Wording: IV. TOPIC SELECTION Section 2: By May 1 the committee will report to the Executive Secretary no fewer than three problem areas to be voted upon by the…

Desaray Odekirk Service Award– During the CEDA National Tournament, the CEDA President, Executive Council, along with consultation of the Tournament Host when necessary, will determine recipient(s) worthy of the Desaray…

JV Rule Change #2   After the statement “An exception will be made for Junior Varsity National Tournaments.” add the following: This exception only applies to the year in which…

  JV Rules Change #1   Any debater with under 100 rounds of policy debate is eligible for junior varsity. However, any debater with more than 100 rounds of policy…