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North Carolina Public School Buildings Bond Measure (1996)
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| Topic Bond issues and Education |
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| Type Bond issue |
Origin |
North Carolina Public School Buildings Bond Measure was on the ballot as a bond issue in North Carolina on November 5, 1996. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported issuing $1.8 billion in bonds to fund public school capital projects. |
A "no" vote opposed issuing $1.8 billion in bonds to fund public school capital projects. |
Election results
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1,624,022 | 72.22% | ||
| No | 624,797 | 27.78% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Public School Buildings Bond Measure was as follows:
| “ | The issuance of one billion eight hundred million dollars ($1,800,000,000) State of North Carolina Public School Building Bonds constituting general obligation bonds of the State secured by a pledge of the faith and credit and taxing power of the State for the purpose of providing funds to counties, with any other available funds, to pay the cost of public school building capital improvements. [ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The North Carolina State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments and bond issues, to the ballot for statewide elections.
North Carolina requires a 60% vote in each legislative chamber during a single legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the North Carolina House of Representatives and 30 votes in the North Carolina Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Statutes, including bond issues, require a simple majority vote in each legislative chamber during one legislative session and the governor's signature to appear on the ballot.
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