Students will have the chance to vote on three referendum questions and one initiative on today's Student Government ballot.
The referendum questions are non-binding, and the initiative would be incorporated into Student Body statutes if a majority of students are in favor of it.
Possibly the most controversial of the four items is the initiative relating to hand scanners at UF's recreational facilities.
The question asks students if they would like to withhold SG funding from facilities that require students to submit biometric data, such as a hand scan, for entry.
A similar question was on last semester's ballot, but it was a non-binding referendum. Eighty four percent of students voted against requiring hand scans for entry into campus gyms.
UF student Sen. Jonathon Ossip, who submitted the initiative on this semester's ballot, said he is trying to make sure the will of the students is implemented.
He said the initiative will not prevent UF from installing the scanners but said they would have to be optional, or else Rec Sports would lose its student funding. Almost 99 percent of the department's budget is funded through students' Activities & Service Fee, according to David Bowles, UF's Rec Sports director.
Ossip said he's concerned that if UF requires hand scans, student privacy could be jeopardized if hackers were able to access students' biometric data. He said UF could save money by not installing the hand scanners and the turnstiles they need to operate.
Bowles said UF has already purchased three hand scanners at a cost of $2,200 each but has not yet decided if they will be installed.
If they are, he said they will be optional, regardless of the outcome of the initiative.
He said UF still plans to install turnstiles when UF's budget situation improves, with three planned for the Student Recreation and Fitness Center at a total cost of $50,000.
Four turnstiles are planned for the Southwest Recreation Center as part of its upcoming $16.3 million expansion. He said he didn't know how much those turnstiles would cost.
He said in addition to allowing students to enter gyms without their Gator 1 Cards, the scanners would divert some student traffic and allow employees to take a closer looks at IDs, for those who choose not to scan their hands, to make sure only students are using the facilities.
The other questions on the ballot deal with an Early Voting location on the UF campus, a student fee to create a fund to support the Baby-Gator program and prohibiting the use of tobacco on campus.
