With more than 50 percent of the student body casting ballots in the election, all three referenda easily met the threshold of support necessary to become the UC’s official positions. The UC is bound to throw its support behind student-initiated referenda that gain a majority of the votes whenever at least 25 percent of students participate in the election.
—Yen H. Pham contributed to the reporting of this article.
—Staff writer Quinn D. Hatoff can be reached at quinnhatoff@college.harvard.edu.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
CORRECTION: Dec. 11, 2013
An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the vice-presidential running mate of Akshay M. Sharma ’14. In fact, Akanksha Sharma ’14 ran alongside presidential candidate Akshay Sharma.