Oklahoma Voice By Barbara Hoberock
November 5, 2024
By Barbara Hoberock
Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at a polling location in Edmond. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice)
OKLAHOMA CITY – Voters on Tuesday disapproved a state question that would allow the creation of public infrastructure districts to pay for things like sidewalks, water lines, sewers and roadways.
State Question 833 was a constitutional amendment proposed by lawmakers.
It failed by a vote of 62% to 38%.
It would have allowed property owners within a city or town to create a public infrastructure district and sell bonds to pay for the improvements.
It required 100% approval of surface property owners within the proposed district to create it. A city or town would then have to approve it.
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