Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, School Bond Issue Referendum (November 2017)

* Text of measure
* Ballot question
* Path to the ballot
* See also
* External links
* Footnotes
* More
* Local ballot measures
* State ballot measures
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Bond Referendum: Mecklenburg County School Bond Issue

The basics
Election date:
November 7, 2017
Status:
a Approved
Topic:
Local school bonds
Related articles
Local school bonds on the ballot

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November 7, 2017 ballot measures in North Carolina

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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ballot measures
See also
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

A $922 million school bond referendum was on the ballot for Mecklenburg County voters in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on November 7, 2017. It was approved.

| A yes vote was a vote in favor of increasing the county's debt by $922 million by issuing bonds in that amount to fund Charlotte-Mecklenburg school projects.

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| A no vote was a vote against increasing the county's debt by $922 million by issuing bonds in that amount to fund Charlotte-Mecklenburg school projects.

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## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 2.1 Ballot question
* 3 Path to the ballot
* 4 Recent news
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

## Election results[edit]

Bond Referendum

Result| Votes| Percentage
a Yes|  105,694|  72.71%
No| 39,675| 27.29%

Election results from Unofficial Election Results - Mecklenburg

## Text of measure[edit]

### Ballot question[edit]

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

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SHALL the order authorizing $922,085,000 of bonds secured by a pledge of the faith and credit of the County of Mecklenburg to pay capital costs of providing school facilities, including the acquisition and construction of new school facilities, the improvement and expansion of existing school facilities and the acquisition and installation of furnishings and equipment and the acquisition of interests in real property required therefor, and a tax to be levied for the payment thereof, be approved?[2]

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## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in North Carolina

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Mecklenburg County Local school bonds Bond Referendum. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, School Bond Issue Referendum (November 2017) - Google News

## See also[edit]

Local measures

* Local measures in 2017
* Local school bonds ballot measures

* Mecklenburg County measures

North Carolina

* November 7, 2017 measures in North Carolina
* Local ballot measures, North Carolina
* Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

News and analysis

* State and local preemption conflicts
* Measures advancing national agendas

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## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Mecklenburg County Elections Office website
* Vote Yes for Bonds website
* Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, "Bond Information"

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Mecklenburg County Board of Elections, "Official Ballot for Bond Election," accessed October 27, 2017
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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