There are some candidates and a bond issue on the ballot.

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"Wake County School Bonds Shall the order adopted on July 15, 2013 authorizing not exceeding $810,000,000 SCHOOL BONDS, plus interest, of the County of Wake, North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, together with any other available funds, for constructing, expanding and renovating school buildings and other school facilities in said County, and the acquisition of related land, rights of way and equipment, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, be approved? ( ) Yes ( ) No"

10/8/2013 2:06:04 PM

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10/8/2013 2:15:52 PM

With such an informative title, how did I miss it? Still, glad the local elections were already being discussed, they're too easy to overlook. And with decreasing levels of support for public schools in the state budget, I think discussing how and whether counties can pick up any slack is an important discussion.

10/8/2013 2:19:14 PM

even though I don't live within city limits, I still went and voted for the only thing I was able to vote for

'Merica

10/8/2013 3:02:55 PM

i voted.

10/8/2013 4:23:22 PM

why

so pointless

10/8/2013 4:50:15 PM

^because most people think this and therefore my opinion counts more as a result. (and because it took all of 5 minutes)

10/8/2013 5:08:43 PM

^^When too few people in Wake County vote, we end up with our officials and policies in the national news and on the Colbert Report.

10/8/2013 5:24:22 PM

Because like 97 people vote in the off-year muni elections, and this is the stuff that really affects you where you live.


And even if you vote and lose, if a bond passes 95-5 it will affect how things happen in the future compared to it passing 55-45.

10/8/2013 5:31:30 PM

I don't think I'm going to make it.

10/8/2013 6:58:23 PM

Granted, I live two blocks from my polling place, but the entire process from leaving my porch to getting back to my porch took seven minutes.

10/8/2013 7:10:08 PM

^^Just got to be in line by 7:30, don't have to have voted by then, go go go!

10/8/2013 7:13:56 PM

I voted. Interestingly enough one of the people on the ballot was right outside my polling place.

10/8/2013 7:19:03 PM

I hate "the smart way to pay" campaign.

The fact is that the proposals are to borrow money, and this is amongst a climate where we face a coming gigantic wave of municipal defaults all over the nation. The slogan almost sounds like a parody. Its the perfect wording to convince me that there's tomfoolery going on in the books.

http://www.wakebond2013.com/bonds

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"they are the fairest way for taxpayers to finance major construction projects over many years because new residents and businesses (new growth) contribute to paying off the bonds."

Who wrote this crap? A used car salesman? So we should finance infrastructure investment by planning to pay for it later, because there will be more people to pay in the future? ...and if there isn't strong growth? When someone is selling me something with these kinds of arguments, screeching alarm sirens go off in my head.

I hate even more that I had to vote for them. Because my vote is needed to balance the old senile idiots who hate kids and bikers.

10/8/2013 7:26:56 PM

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"I had to vote for them"

no...

10/8/2013 7:41:53 PM

Yeah, I voted no on the bond and I'm neither old nor senile.

If you want to build you can come up with better ways to do it than through borrowing.

10/8/2013 8:22:37 PM

http://www.wral.com/wake-voters-approve-810m-school-construction-bond/12974527/

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"Wake voters approve $810M school construction bond RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County voters easily approved Tuesday an $810 million school construction bond that school and county officials say is critical to keeping up with enrollment growth. The bond will be used to build 11 elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools, do major renovations to six schools and smaller upgrades to dozens of others and purchase land for future schools. The bond will add 5 cents to the county's property tax rate, meaning an extra $75 for the owner of a $150,000 home."

http://www.wral.com/raleigh-voters-ok-roads-bond/12974507/

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"Raleigh voters OK roads bond RALEIGH, N.C. — Voters spoke with their wheels Tuesday, passing a $75 million bond issue that will help widen and upgrade more than a dozen Raleigh streets in the coming years."

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"Sidewalk upgrades and some traffic-calming projects also are part of the bond."

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10/8/2013 8:51:50 PM

http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/king-horton-lead-4th-ward-incumbents-win-1st-2nd-3rd-wards-2186965

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"King, Horton lead in 4th Ward; incumbents win in 1st, 2nd, 3rd Wards Newcomers Montravias King and Darius Horton finished first and second in the 4th Ward election Tuesday, finishing ahead of incumbent Councilwoman Lena Hill-Lawrence and four other candidates."

Looks like the ECSU student that the Pasquotank County GOP tried to stop from being able to run because they didn't want to recognize students as real town residents (until the State Board of Elections slapped them down on that) won a seat on the city council up there tonight. Good thing too, Elizabeth City doesn't have a whole lot going for it outside of the university, the last thing they need to do is run off students.

10/8/2013 9:39:26 PM

Not surprising, bond issues are usually a pretty easy pass, especially in small, elections like this one.

10/8/2013 9:42:33 PM

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"^^Just got to be in line by 7:30, don't have to have voted by then, go go go!"

I was told the polls close at 7:00 so I didn't try. I'm an idiot.

I don't even care about the results anymore...I just like to fill up my voting record, and this one is going to be missing.

10/8/2013 9:53:02 PM

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"Granted, I live two blocks from my polling place, but the entire process from leaving my porch to getting back to my porch took seven minutes."

mine used to be 100 ft from my house but my polling place was changed

I really enjoyed being able to walk to the booth

10/8/2013 10:04:05 PM

i voted no on one bond and yes on the other

judging by the results, many did the same

10/9/2013 10:29:20 AM

PRECINCT VOTING ON SCHOOL BOND
GREEN=YES
RED=NO

10/9/2013 10:57:05 AM

Voted No on school bond. Why would I want to spend money on an obviously broken system that is nowhere close to being fixed.

Any parent who send their kids to pubic schools have already failed.

10/9/2013 11:02:20 AM

I voted yes/yes on the bonds, and all the people I voted for won, so goddamn it feels good to be a gangsta.

10/9/2013 11:08:57 AM

voted yes on both bonds.

10/9/2013 11:12:22 AM

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"Any parent who send their kids to pubic schools have already failed."

Agreed, no parent should be sending their kids to school to learn about pubic hair.

10/9/2013 11:23:41 AM