After three days of voting, the three SAFE referendum proposals have passed by wide margins, according to the GUSA Election Commission. The success of the referendum means that GUSA will allocate $1.25 million to the Social Innovation and Public Service fund, $250,000 to Georgetown Energy, and $2.04 million to enhancements to the New South Student Center.

GUSA President Mike Meaney (SFS ’12) said in a press release, “On behalf of GUSA, I would like to thank the student body for showing its resounding support for the SAFE referenda. The projects we’re funding all contribute unique benefits to the university, and we can’t wait to start in on them.”

In the same release, Vice President Greg Laverriere (COL ’12) said, “We’re excited to see this finally come to a close. From the Endowment Commission to all the students who put together all the great proposals to the volunteers who knocked on doors all week to build up support, this was a team effort. The passage of these proposals completes a three-year reform of student funding.”

Steering committees will guide each proposal toward formal launches in the coming months.

As expected, the Georgetown University Student Association overwhelmingly approved Student Activities Fee Endowment reform on Sunday. The reform, which proposes an increased student activities fee, will face an online referendum from December 7 to December 9.

The reforms will be adopted if at least 2,000 students vote and a majority of voters support the bill. It’s unclear if the vote minimum will be difficult to reach; GUSA executive elections routinely surpass 2,000 votes, but this year’s GUSA Senate elections only received 2,150 total votes.

If passed, SAFE reform will also allocate the entirety of the student activities fee to student activities. Currently, half of the fee is allocated to a student activities endowment.