The referenda--which would increase funding to student groups and house committees--have been overshadowed by the council elections, leaving no one in charge of administering the referenda, said Marco B. Simons '97 of the Election Commission. The commission has no jurisdiction over the referenda.
Robert M. Klein '99 of the Harvard Computer Society said he did not receive the initial e-mail containing the position paper from Tally Zingher '99, and the referendum began yesterday at 5 p.m. without it.
The vice president of the council is charged with administering referenda, but Rawlins as an election candidate did not have access to the computer.
The voting will run until Saturday at 5 p.m. The referenda need to achieve a 25 percent turnout for the issues to be binding on the council.
--Abby Y. Fung contributed to the reporting of this story.