| Most Local Bond Issues Pass: Voters in
Guilford, Lincoln and Stanly counties approved
school bond referendums during the May 2 primary
elections, but Lee County voters rejected public
school and community college bonds. A community
college bond referendum also failed in Stanly
County, while Guilford voters approved a
referendum there. Here are the results of the
local bond proposals. Issues
that failed are in red: Location and
Purpose: Amount / For / Against
- Guilford County Schools: $200,000,000 /
37,922 / 25,924
- Guilford County Community College:
$25,000,000 / 39,503 / 22,243
- Guilford County Parks & Recreation:
$10,000,000 /38,705 / 23,613
- Lee County schools:
$25,700,000 / 2,371 / 6,584
- Lee County
community college: $4,300,000 / 4,354 /
5,231
- Stanly County schools: $26,000,000 /
7,382 / 3,650
- Stanly County
community college: $4,000,000 / 4,696 /
6,183
- Lincoln County schools: $35,000,000 /
6,725 / 2,507
- New Hanover County
open space, parks: $45,000,000 / 10,208 /
15,002
- Smithville Township hospital renovation:
$13,000,000 / 1,672 / 1,124
- Faith sewer: $1,190,000 / 194 / 66
- Cornelius recreation: $3,000,000 / 998 /
394
- Martin County water: $12,000,000 / 655 /
174
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SOURCE: State Treasurer's Office
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