The results of the special election to authorize a Bertolini Student Center fee are still under review, but after going through a three-week challenge process, they will be ratified by the Student Senate Dec. 6.

Election Coordinator Jude Rowe challenged the results because the tally reports sent by the IT department showed two different counts.

In addition to the discrepancy between reports, there was a loophole in the voting process that allowed people who were not SRJC students and students qualified for the Board of Governors Grant (BOGG) to vote. The loophole was closed midway through the election and the votes were thrown out, but the process was flawed, Rowe said. 

Vice President of the SRJC campus Jessica Jones said that without the BOGG student votes and those cast by non-students, the results were 37 votes away from the student center fee referendum passing.

If the referendum passes, a student center fee of $1 per unit will be charged to students once a year with a limit of $10 dollars per unit, excluding recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program, General Assistance, the BOGG Waiver or students enrolled in only non-credit classes.