Besides all the stuff everyone knows about being voted on in every county this November, from President down to soil conservation district supervisor, 11 counties and nine municipalities are having referenda, and Archdale, High Point, and Mt Gilead are electing mayors and/or council members. There are also some sanitary districts electing board members.
Here’s the list of the referenda, provided to me by the State Board of Elections:
Alamance | ALAMANCE COUNTY SALES TAX |
Alamance | ALAMANCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOND |
Buncombe | ASHEVILLE WATER SYSTEM SALE/LEASE |
Chatham | CARY TRANSPORTATION BONDS |
Chatham | CARY PARKS AND REC FACILITIES BONDS |
Chatham | CARY FIRE STATION BONDS |
Clay | CLAY CO STRUCTURE OF BD OF COMMISSIONERS |
Edgecombe | EDGECOMBE COUNTY SALES TAX |
Greene | GREENE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BD DISTRICTS |
Greene | GREENE COUNTY SALES TAX |
Harnett | HARNETT COUNTY SALES TAX |
Lenoir | LENOIR COUNTY SALES TAX |
Mecklenburg | HUNTERSVILLE STREET BONDS |
Mecklenburg | HUNTERSVILLE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS |
Mecklenburg | HUNTERSVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION BONDS |
New Hanover | WILMINGTON BASEBALL STADIUM BONDS |
New Hanover | WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH ORDINANCE |
Orange | ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT SALES TAX |
Pasquotank | PASQUOTANK COUNTY SALES TAX |
Scotland | SCOTLAND COUNTY SALES TAX |
Swain | SWAIN COUNTY SALES TAX |
Swain | SWAIN COUNTY ALTER STRUCTURE OF BD OF COM |
Union | INDIAN TRAIL PARKS AND REC BONDS |
Wake | WAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BONDS |
Wake | CARY TRANSPORTATION BONDS |
Wake | CARY PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BONDS |
Wake | CARY FIRE STATION BONDS |
Wake | KNIGHTDALE PARK AND REC BONDS |
Wake | MORRISVILLE PARKS AND REC BONDS |
Wake | MORRISVILLE STREET IMPROVEMENT BONDS |
Additionally, there are contests for Handy Sanitary District (both Davidson and Montgomery) and Whittier Sanitary District (Jackson and Swain).
If you would like to see the verbiage of any or all of these, sample ballots are posted here:http://www.ncsbe.gov/downloads/SampleBallots/2012-11-06/