Local election results: Seven out of ten measures approved

November 8, 2011

By Johanna Herman

Results posted in Florida for the Fort Myers anti discrimination measures show the measures passed with 55 percent of voters in favor of the proposed ordinance. Since it was approved, the ordinance will be implemented which allows anyone above the age of 18 to be able to go into any business. This was mostly aimed at bars which had the rule of only those over the age of 21 were allowed to enter the business. A total of 3,567 residents cast their ballots for this measure.

In Michigan, results were posted for the Kalamazoo Marijuana amendment, 66 percent of residents voted in favor of the measure. This means that the city charter will be amended to note that anyone who is caught with one ounce or less of pot will be given the lowest priority of law enforcement. This will be the first amendment of its kind to be implemented in Michigan.

In Arizona, the Nogalas School bond measure was defeated with only 46 percent of votes in favor of the measure. Voter turnout was also only 12 percent of those who were registered in the school district area.

In Missouri, the Kansas City Zoo measure looks to be approved, though just barely with 50.94 percent of votes in favor of the tax implementation.

In Ohio, Cincinnati residents had their say on streetcars in the city and defeated the proposal to stop money into going into the streetcar project. The measure was defeated with 51.47 percent of residents against the proposal. A similar measure which also sought to stop the streetcar program was also defeated in 2009.

In Washington, both red light camera measures in Longview and Bellingham were approved by voters in the cities. The Longview measure was approved with 58 percent of the vote and would require if automated traffic cameras were to be used there would need to be an advisory vote. In Bellingham, the measure was approved with 65 percent of the votes in favor which would require all safety cameras to be removed from the city. Though both issues are just advisory and non-binding. In Seattle, the proposed measure to implement a $60 car fee addition was defeated with 60 percent of voters against the measure.

In Oregon, both the local urban renewal question and the county wide urban renewal question were approved. The Local question received 64 percent of the votes in favor and the countywide question received 70.5 percent of the votes in favor.

See also

• 2011 ballot measure election results
• Local measures on Ballotpedia
• Local ballot measure elections in 2011