Bond elections

The referendum passed Tuesday by a 70% to 30% margin an an election with miniscule turnout.

Proceeds from the sale of the $406 million of general obligation bonds will fund infrastructure projects including roads, parks and recreational facilities.

Almost $25 million of bond funds provided for school technology and security enhancements to state school districts this year from the 2014 Act.

Laura Rabinow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government talks with Chip Barnett about New York State’s $4.2 billion environmental bond referendum. Find out how the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022 got on November's ballot and what it will actually do. (20 minutes)

San Antonio and Fort Worth voters approved bonds, while a few school districts stumbled, particularly with projects unrelated to academics.

Texas ballots are bursting with $18.5 billion of bonds Saturday as cities and school districts ask voters to approve 207 bond measures.

Despite speakers' objections over the cost of the project or the need for more restorative justice measures instead of incarceration, all three commissioners voted in favor of the referendum.

Forty-one of the state's 115 school districts are floating bond measures or seeking tax levy increases.

Supporters of a ballot measure for projects to increase California’s water supply put out a call for donations to help get the measure on the 2022 ballot.

Turnout was less than 14% during Saturday's voting where only one constitutional amendment out of four was approved.