UVA TODAY — University of Virginia students have voted to amend the UVA honor system’s single-sanction expulsion penalty for an honor violation, replacing it with a two-semester suspension. The decision came after student elections closed on Friday afternoon as students voted on a proposal to change Article II of the Honor Committee Constitution. The original article stated that the Honor Committee will “exclude permanently from student status University students found to have committed honor violations.” The proposal changed the language to say that the committee would “exclude for two full semesters from student status University students found to have committed an honor violation.” It was put forward by third-year School of Law student and Honor Committee representative Christopher Banos. To pass, at least 10% of the total student body had to vote in the elections and, of the students who vote in the elections, 60% needed to vote in favor. More than 6,000 UVA students voted on the proposal, about 23.75% of the student body. About 80% of those voting, or 4,811 students, voted in favor of the change.