Columbus, Ohio, Issue 9, Public Utility Infrastructure Bond Measure (November 2025)
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| Topic City bonds and County bonds |
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Columbus Issue 9 is on the ballot as a referral in Columbus on November 4, 2025.
A "yes" vote supported issuing $500 million in bonds for the maintenance of public utility infrastructure, such as water lines, power lines, and sewer systems, and levying a tax at a rate of $42 per $100,000 of assessed property value to repay the bonds. |
A "no" vote opposed issuing $500 million in bonds for the maintenance of public utility infrastructure, such as water lines, power lines, and sewer systems, and levying a tax at a rate of $42 per $100,000 of assessed property value to repay the bonds. |
A simple majority is required for the approval of Issue 9.
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Election results
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Columbus Issue 9 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| No | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Issue 9 is as follows:
| “ | Shall bonds be issued by the City of Columbus, Ohio for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, renovating, and improving infrastructure for water, power, sanitary sewers and storm sewers and other public utility improvements, acquiring real estate and interests in real estate, landscaping and otherwise improving the sites thereof, and acquiring furnishings, equipment and appurtenances in the principal amount of $500,000,000 to be repaid annually over a maximum period of 25 years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the repayment period of the bond issue 1.21 mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $42 for each $100,000 of the county auditor’s appraised value, commencing in 2025, first due in calendar year 2026, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those bonds? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Franklin County.
How to cast a vote
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, “Election Day Voting,” accessed April 12, 2023
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, “Voter Eligibility & Residency Requirements,” accessed April 12, 2023
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, “Register to Vote and Update Your Registration,” accessed April 6, 2023
- ↑ Democracy Docket, “Ohio Governor Signs Strict Photo ID Bill Into Law,” January 6, 2023
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed August 7, 2024
- ↑ BillTrack50, "Ohio HB54," accessed September 30, 2025
- ↑ Columbus Dispatch, "Advocates sue Ohio over law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote at BMV," August 26, 2025
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Identification requirements," accessed October 8, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Ohio BMV, "Securing an Ohio ID," accessed October 8, 2025
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