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Wake County Community College Bonds Referendum

On the ballot in
Wake County
Vote
Yes or no
Election
Nov 3, 2026

The question, as printed on the ballot

Additional property taxes may be levied on property located in the County of Wake, North Carolina in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on community college bonds if approved by the following ballot question. Shall the order adopted on July 6, 2026, authorizing $149,100,000 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BONDS of the County of Wake, North Carolina, plus interest, for the purpose of providing funds to construct, renovate, expand, improve and equip community college facilities for Wake Technical Community College, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds be approved, in light of the following: (1) The estimated cumulative cost over the life of said bonds, using the highest interest rate charged for similar debt over the last 20 years, would be $228,767,016, consisting of the $149,100,000 principal amount of said bonds plus $79,667,016 of estimated interest. (2) The estimated amount of property tax liability increase for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property tax value to service the cumulative cost over the life of said bonds would be $0.90 (90 cents) per year.

A “Yes” vote means

Authorizes Wake County to borrow up to $149.1 million in bonds to build, renovate and equip Wake Technical Community College facilities; the ballot estimates $0.90 a year per $100,000 of value.

A “No” vote means

Wake County could not issue these $149.1 million in community college bonds for Wake Tech.

Sources

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