More students voted in the combined fee referendums and Leader of the Pack ballot than have voted in either before – 3,400 – but in the past, students’ input toward fee increases have not coincided with the way fees are increased.

“Last year they had two complaints: one was that not very many students voted, the second was that they didn’t have access to the information that happened in the meetings,” Greg Doucette, Student Senate president and Fee Advisory Committee member, said. “This year we’ve got three times the number of voters, and every student had the exact same data that every committee member had.”

The fee committee took out six of its meetings, instead making those who proposed fee increases make video presentations, which were available in links off the fee referendums.

Jay Dawkins, student body president, said the addition of Leader of the Pack had an effect on the number of students that voted.

“You can attribute a ton of it to Leader of the Pack,” he said.

Nik Sigmon, a freshman in chemistry, said he voted just because he knew a Leader of the Pack finalist.

“I didn’t really know what it was about,” he said. “My R.A. was running.”

The winners of the Leader of the Pack, a $1,000 scholarship to reward students’ achievements in service and leadership, will be announced at Saturday’s football game against Boston College.

Doucette said the students’ input on fees should impact all four student members of the fee committee, but that he is not sure how the administrators will use the information.

For all but two of the fee increase proposals, students voted more often to have no increase than any other amount, according to an analysis of the results.

Students approved the 83 cents increase for the Union Activities Board and the $1.75 increase for the Student Center Repairs and Renovations.

There is a chance that fees could increase by a maximum of 6.5 percent, and, while students mostly voted for no fee increases at all and the committee did not vote with the students last year, Dawkins said it was likely the committee would listen.

“Students can have an overwhelming impact on the committee’s decision,” he said.

According to Dawkins, it is the committee’s job is to put the students’ money where it will benefit students.

Student Government asked for a $3.08 increase, and more students voted against any fee increase for it than for any amount of increase.

Dawkins said he would be very critical of the student’s views on that, because the intention of the increase was to provide more money for the appropriations process.

“If Student Government gets any more money this year, I want to make sure it goes right back into the students hands, but if that’s not what students want, we won’t do it,” he said.