Saturday, April 6, 2013

Greater Vernon Referendum passes.

FYI 

The referendum was seeking consent to borrow 7.5 million dollars for a Olympic sized rubberized track and sports field on land next to Okanagan College.

Results:

 The Voting Day Poll Stations for the Community Sports Field and Athletics Facility Referendum have now closed.  The unofficial result for voter turnout for Voting Day is: 

Total Number of Votes: 8220
Total Number of  Yes Votes: 4303
Total Number of No Votes: 3917
The margin is 52.3% yes, 47.6% no. 

For more information:
Jeanne Byron, Chief Election Officer
250-550-3700

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looks like this vote could have easily gone either way. Let's hope the enthusiasm to use the facility is greater than that of community interest in voting for it...despite a lot of money being freely used to sell it to me!

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