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Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Land Conservation Bond Measure (November 2022)
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| Topic County bonds and Local environment |
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Carbon County Land Conservation Bond Measure was on the ballot as a referral in Carbon County on November 8, 2022. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing $10 million for land conservation, including the protection of drinking water sources; rivers, lakes, and streams; natural areas; wildlife habitat; and working farms. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing $10 million for land conservation, including the protection of drinking water sources; rivers, lakes, and streams; natural areas; wildlife habitat; and working farms. |
Election results
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21,097 | 82.74% | ||
| No | 4,402 | 17.26% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Land Conservation Bond Measure was as follows:
| “ | Carbon County Water Quality, Working Farms, and Wildlife Habitat Protection Shall debt in a sum up to 10 million dollars for the purpose of financing land conservation, including protection of drinking water sources; water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams; working farms; wildlife habitat; natural areas be authorized to be incurred as debt approved by the voters, requiring that the funds only be used for these purposes, with consideration of recommendations by an advisory board and public disclosure of project spending through annual public audits? | ” |
Support
Carbon County Citizens for Water, Farms, and Land led the campaign in support of the ballot measure.[1]
Opposition
Ballotpedia did not locate a campaign in opposition to the ballot measure.
Path to the ballot
The Carbon County Board of Commissioners referred the measure to the ballot.
How to cast a vote
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Carbon County Citizens for Water, Farms, and Land, "Homepage," accessed December 4, 2023
- ↑ Department of State, “First Time Voters,” accessed March 21, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Department of State, “Voter Registration Application,” accessed March 21, 2023
- ↑ Department of State, “Contact Your Election Officials,” accessed March 21, 2023
- ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, "Governor Shapiro Implements Automatic Voter Registration in Pennsylvania, Joining Bipartisan Group of States That Have Taken Commonsense Step to Make Voter Registration More Streamlined and Secure," September 19, 2023
- ↑ NBC, "Pennsylvania rolls out automatic voter registration," September 19, 2023
- ↑ The Patriot-News, “Thousands take advantage of new online voter registration in Pennsylvania,” September 2, 2015
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Department of State, "First Time Voters," accessed March 21, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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