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Title
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING ELECTION RESULTS FOR SPECIAL ELECTION ON $1.7 BILLION BOND REFERENDUM
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
John Barfield, Interim Finance Director
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RESOLUTION
Resolution
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has considered the Certificate of Canvass of the Guilford County Board of Elections canvassing the referendum held for the County of Guilford on May 17, 2022 and certifying the results thereof to the Board of Commissioners and has canvassed the results of that special election;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Guilford that it be and hereby is certified and declared that the number of voters registered and qualified to vote at that special election was 372,826.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that it be and hereby is certified and declared that the total number of voters who voted “YES” in answer to the question,
“SHALL the order authorizing $1,700,000,000 of bonds secured by a pledge of the faith and credit of the County of Guilford to pay capital costs of providing school facilities, including the acquisition and construction of new school facilities, the improvement and expansion of existing school facilities and the acquisition and installation of furnishings and equipment and the acquisition of interests in real property required therefor, and a tax to be levied for the payment thereof, be approved?”,
was 45,635.The total number of voters who voted “NO” in answer to such question was 29,577.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a statement substantially in the form hereinafter set forth declaring the result of the election shall be prepared and published in accordance with law:
STATEMENT OF RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION
HELD FOR THE
COUNTY OF GUILFORD
MAY 17, 2022
WHEREAS, by direction of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Guilford, in the State of North Carolina, a special election was duly called and held for the County on May 17, 2022 for the purposes of submitting to the qualified voters of t...
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