Students voted to raise the student fee by fifty cents for incoming students yesterday. The fee will now be $1.50 per credit hour per semester. The maximum fee will be $22.50 per semester, as the fee is capped at 15 credit hours.The Joint Elections Committee has verified the results. Of the 2926 votes cast, 1871 were cast in the affirmative and 1055 were cast in the negative.
This is the first fee adjustment since the student fee was created to help student organizations in 1992. The University Trustees have pledged to match the fee which will double the Student Association's total funding.
The election took place entirely online and accessed through the myGW portal. “The election served as a field test for using the internet as a platform for online voting," Joint Elections chairman Benjamin Balter said in a press release. "Students were resoundingly receptive of the new process and we look forward to seeing the same fluidity with the general election at the end of the month.”
- Mallory Thompson
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