Cornell University students could have all restrooms stocked with free tampons and pads thanks to a student-sponsored referendum that passed in a landslide this week.

The move comes as 78.6 per cent of more than 3,000 participants voted in favor of making the feminine sanitary products available for free in all campus bathrooms.

Students voted to have the menstrual products offered in both women's and men's restrooms on campus to be inclusive of transgender people.

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Cornell University students voted to have all campus restrooms stocked with tampons and pads thanks to a student-sponsored referendum that passed in a landslide this week

The #freethetampon initiative was introduced this week on the Student Assembly election only weeks after Brown University announced it was implementing a similar program, The Cornell Review reported.

The referendum was passed on Tuesday by the Student Assembly.

'This referendum shows that there truly is overwhelming support for this,' sophomore Matthew Indimine and Student Assembly executive vice president told The Cornell Daily Sun.

'Three thousand and thirty four students voted in favor of passing an initiative towards gender equity.

'I'm excited for the next steps, and hope that this momentum continues.'

The referendum to provide free feminie hygiene products (stock photo) in all campus bathrooms was passed on Tuesday by the Student Assembly

Student Assembly president and junior Jordan Berger said she while she was anticipated the referendum would pass, she did not expect a large margin of votes in favor of the initiative

'I worked with the Women's Resource Center to get this referendum on the ballot,' she told The Cornell Daily Sun.

'They had many supporters so I was not very surprised that it passed, but I was surprised that it passed by such a large margin.'

In statements in support of the initiative, several students wrote that menstrual products are essential and should be available for free.

In statements in support of the initiative (shown above), several students wrote that menstrual products are essential and should be available for free

As for those who voted against the initiative (shown above), some said it could make men who do not need to use the menstrual products uncomfortable

'Tampons and napkins are one in a category of supplies that are so essential, they should be available for free,' one student wrote on the Cornell Assemblies Elections page.

'It’s for the same reason that bathrooms offer free toilet paper and offices have free tissue boxes.'

Another student wrote: 'This is a basic human right, like water and shelter.'

As for those who voted against the initiative, some said it could make men who do not need to use the menstrual products uncomfortable.

'I think these products should be available in female bathrooms; however, I do not believe there should be any in male bathrooms,' one student wrote.

The argument that tampons are a necessity is one that is being made across the country in efforts to stop taxing feminine hygiene products. Pictured is a protester in New York

'If they are available in men’s bathrooms, it could make it very uncomfortable for men because they are not needing those items.

'I understand that some women identify as men and might use the men’s bathroom, but I feel that if they are on their period, they should use the women’s bathroom at those times.'

'The university has no business paying for hygiene products beyond toilet paper and soap, first of all, and second of all, men have no need for these products,' another student wrote.