Abstentions should not count against a Solana governance proposal

SGP-0003 won a clear majority of participating stake on 28 August 2026 and still failed because 72 million abstaining SOL counted toward the two-thirds threshold, splitting Solana over what a supermajority should mean.

From the articleSolana Governance Vote Results Epoch 1024: SGP-0002 Passes, SGP-0003 Fee Burn TrailsAlso in What Solana's failed fee vote reveals about Anatoly Yakovenko's power