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The results from the other four referendums are in, and all passed with comfortable margins:

• Question #2: Society Development Fund
  Yes: 3,010 (73%)
  No: 1,123 (27%)
  
  
• Question #3: Ending Acclamations
  Yes: 3,125 (79%)
  No: 848 (21%)
  
  
• Question #4: Membership in student organizations
  Yes: 2,497 (69%)
  No: 1,140 (31%)
  
  
• Question #5: Undergraduate health plan
  Yes: 3,559 (83%)
  No: 751 (17%)

I've already talked about Question #2 (disappointed, but the people have spoken, or at least the ones who like giving money away did). I'm "whatever"s about the other three passing.

On Question #3 of ending acclamations, it felt good to vote for it, but it will probably be rare that a "yes/no" candidate ever fails to get elected. It would take some sort of huge public relations disaster to motivate enough people to vote "no" against you (and I mean huge -- like, three or four Joe Palings worth).

The Question #4 on membership in student organizations is apparently to prevent the SFSS from joining another CFS again. It reminds me of a bad computer science joke which goes, "if you strive to make a program fool-proof, the universe will just make a bigger fool." Hmm... "if you strive to make running a student society fool-proof, the universe will just make a bigger fool." Hey, it still works!

The last question on a health/dental plan for undergrads is interesting because it won by the largest margin of any of the other referendums. I personally wouldn't have thought undergrads were that interested in a health/dental plan. We'll see how thrilled they are when they learn it will run them an extra hundred bucks a semester.