Referenda tables

By Staff -- Library Journal, 3/15/2006

TABLE 1 BUILDING REFERENDA SUMMARY 2005

		Number of Measures	Pass Rate
TYPE OF ELECTION	General Election	18	56%
	Special Election	26	46%
OTHER ITEMS	Yes	32	50%
ON BALLOT	No	15	53%
DATE	Dec.–Apr.	16	50%
	May–Aug.	9	56%
	Sept.–Nov.	23	52%
AMOUNT	Under $10 million	36	50%
	Over $10 million	10	50%
MEDIAN "YES" VOTE FOR MEASURES THAT PASS			64%
MEDIAN "YES" VOTE ON ALL			53%
SOURCE: LJ PUBLIC LIBRARY REFERENDA 2005

TABLE 2 TEN-YEAR SUMMARY OF OPERATING REFERENDA

YEAR	#	PERCENTAGE PASS	PERCENTAGE FAIL
2005	58	57%	43%
2004	66	70	30
2003	84	83	17
2002	58	67	33
2001	13	69	31
2000	49	92	8
1999	60	82	18
1998	107	83	17
1997	67	82	18
1996	75	84	16
SOURCE: LJ Public Library Referenda 2005

TABLE 3 BUILDING REFERENDA

Location	Library	Population	Passed?	% Yes	% No	Amount
Alaska
Big Lake	Big Lake PL	2,912	NO	36%	64%	$800,000
Arkansas
Jacksonville	Esther DeWitt Nixon Lib.	30,323	YES	68	32	2,100,000
Arizona
Yuma	Yuma Cty. Lib. Dist.	1,350,000	YES	53	47	53,765,000
Colorado
Durango	Durango PL	49,168	YES	55	45	n/a
Fort Collins	Fort Collins PL	137,391	YES	72	28	n/a
Montrose	Montrose Regional Lib. Dist.	33,000	NO	41	59	80,000
Steamboat Spgs.	Bud Werner Memorial Lib.	15,261	YES	55	45	11,400,000
Thornton	Rangeview Lib. Dist.	283,787	NO	45	55	52,000,000
Connecticut
Guilford	Guilford Free Lib.	22,000	NO	56	44	10,300,000
Ledyard	Bill Lib.	14,882	NO	46	54	4,500,000
Georgia
Augusta	Augusta-Richmond Cty. PL	365,000	YES	68	32	14,700,000
Idaho
Downey	South Bannock Lib. Dist.	8,155	YES	67	33	1,009,410
Illinois
Carol Stream	Carol Stream PL	40,500	NO	39	61	19,500,000
Glenwood	Glenwood-Lynwood PL Dist.	16,377	YES	59	41	7,000,000
Huntley	Huntley Area PL	34,000	NO	25	75	14,900,000
Lanark	Lanark PL	1,584	NO	41	59	500,000
Lemont	Lemont PL Dist.	22,017	NO	33	67	3,500,000
Northlake	Northlake PL Dist.	26,653	YES	53	47	8,900,000
Kansas
Eureka	Eureka Carnegie Lib.	2,800	YES	68	32	1,200,000
Massachusetts
Bolton	Bolton PL	4,858	NO	52	48	4,200,000
Boxford	Boxford Town Lib.	8,800	NO	town meeting		50,000
Dartmouth	Dartmouth PLs	31,158	NO	46	54	6,325,000
Mattapoisett	Mattapoisett Free PL	6,500	NO	47	53	1,800,000
Mattapoisett	Mattapoisett Free PL	6,500	YES	57	43	1,436,394
Middleton	Flint PL	7,744	YES	62	38	6,906,093
Milford	Milford Town Lib.	27,305	YES	77	23	1,450,000
Millis	Millis PL	8,089	NO	49	51	5,000,000
Milton	Milton PL	26,062	YES	74	26	8,000,000
Wilmington	Wilmington Memorial Lib.	22,238	NO	39	61	8,300,000
Michigan
Ionia	Ionia Community Lib.	21,223	NO	27%	73%	$7,450,000
Otsego	Otsego Dist. PL	13,613	NO	31%	69%	$3,420,000
Minnesota
Atwater	Atwater PL	700	NO	34%	66%	$725,000
New Hampshire
Gilford	Gilford PL	7,409	NO	32%	68%	$2,300,000
Petersborough	Peterborough Town Lib.	6,300	YES	58%	42%	$66,000
New York
Elmsford	Greenburgh PL	46,000	YES	51%	49%	$19,867,747
Honeoye Falls	Town of Mendon PL	8,370	NO	40%	60%	$3,000,000
Kingston	Kingston Lib.	23,480	YES	74%	26%	$1,000,000
Mount Kisco	Mount Kisco PL	12,000	YES	64%	36%	$8,000,000
North Carolina
Charlotte	PLof Charlotte & Mecklenburg County	785,000	NO	47%	53%	$1,750,000
Ohio
Wooster	Wayne County PL	113,506	YES	55%	45%	$6,000,000
Oklahoma
Tulsa	Tulsa City-County Lib.	581,693	NO	43%	57%	$79,100,000
Texas
Denton	Denton PL	106,057	YES	64%	36%	$2,100,000
Hurst	Hurst PL	37,500	YES	72%	28%	$1,500,000
Terrell	Riter C. Hulsey PL	25,873	NO	37%	63%	$4,000,000
Wylie	Rita and Truett Smith PL	29,800	YES	72%	28%	$8,100,000
Virginia
Hanover	Pamunkey Regional Lib.	134,100	YES	73%	27%	$5,077,000
Richmond	Henrico County PL	274,947	YES	61%	39%	$56,400,000
Washington
St. John	St. John Branch, Whitman County Lib.	500	YES	76%	23%	$500,000
TOTAL 48 ($459,977,644)		YES 25 (52%)		NO 23 (48%)
SOURCE: LJ PL REFERENDA 2005

TABLE 4 TEN-YEAR SUMMARY OF REFERENDA FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDINGS

YEAR	#	PERCENTAGE PASS	PERCENTAGE FAIL	AMOUNT	VOTE PRO	VOTE CON	ELECTION GEN	ELECTION SPEC	OTHER BALLOT ITEMS YES	OTHER BALLOT ITEMS NO
2005	48	52%	48%	$459,977,644	53%	47%	41%	59%	68%	32%
2004	49	69%	31%	556,215,000	58%	42%	54%	46%	67%	33%
2003	59	76%	24%	434,462,495	63%	37%	39%	61%	61%	39%
2002	43	60%	40%	430,318,317	57%	43%	58%	42%	81%	19%
2001*	41	80%	20%	273,788,000	61%	39%	46%	54%	56%	44%
2000*	64	91%	9%	877,236,818	59%	41%	48%	52%	77%	23%
1999	56	88%	12%	736,801,158	65%	35%	57%	43%	60%	40%
1998	55	71%	29%	361,056,500	62%	38%	60%	40%	44%	56%
1997	58	84%	16%	367,944,431	64%	60%	67%	33%	53%	47%
1996	64	89%	11%	288,235,877	67%	33%	52%	48%	53%	47%
TOTAL/AVERAGES	237	76%	24%	$4,786,036,240	61%	39%	52%	48%	62%	38%
Covers December 2000 to November 2001 Covers 18 months from July 1999 to December 2000 SOURCE:* LJ PUBLIC LIBRARY REFERENDA 2005

TABLE 5 OPERATING REFERENDA 2005

Location	Name of Library	Population	Passed?	% Yes	% No	Amount	Type
Arkansas
Maumelle	Central Ark. Lib. Syst., Maumelle Lib.	14,309	YES	59%	41%	$110,000	Renew
California
Los Gatos	Santa Clara Cty. Lib.	409,853	YES	72	27	5,400,000	Renew
Los Gatos	Santa Clara Cty. Lib.	409,853	NO	64	36	1,900,000	Increase
Placerville	El Dorado Cty. Lib., Placerville & Pollock Pines Branches	168,100	NO	55	45	n/a	New
Placerville	El Dorado Cty. Lib., Placerville & Pollock Pines Branches	168,100	NO	66	34	n/a	New
Salinas	Salinas PL	151,000	YES	61	39	11,000,000	Increase
San Anselmo	San Anselmo Lib.	12,400	NO	55	45	1,600,000	New
South Pasadena	South Pasadena PL	25,700	YES	84	16	225,000	Extend
Colorado
Fort Collins	Fort Collins PL	137,391	YES	72	28	595,000	Extend
Greeley	Weld Lib. Dist.	225,000	NO	42	58	88,000	New
Greeley	Weld Lib. Dist.	225,000	YES	62	38	277,500	New
Steamboat Spgs.	Bud Werner Memorial Lib.	15,261	YES	57	43	625,000	New
Idaho
Downey	South Bannock Lib. Dist.	8,155	YES	68	32	n/a	Increase
Emmett	Emmett PL	6,000	NO	10	90	325,562	New
Illinois
Bensenville	Bensenville Community PL Dist.	23,662	NO	49	50	575,000	Increase
Crete	Crete PL Dist.	19,520	NO	45	55	190,000	Increase
Huntley	Huntley Area PL	34,000	NO	25	75	850,000	New
Lemont	Lemont PL Dist.	22,017	NO	29	70	497,052	Increase
Royalton	Royalton PL Dist.	1,130	YES	61	38	13,434	Increase
Sugar Grove	Sugar Grove PL Dist.	12,078	NO	45	55	900,000	Increase
Winnetka	Winnetka-Northfield PL	17,808	YES	63	37	n/a	Increase
Iowa
Letts	Letts PL	392	NO	50	50	1,300	New
Louisiana
Abbeville	Vermilion Parish Lib.	53,000	NO	85	15	n/a	Increase
Abbeville	Vermilion Parish Lib.	53,000	YES	69	31	n/a	Increase
Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge Parish Lib.	416,881	YES	62	38	n/a	Renew
Jena	LaSalle Parish Lib.	10,945	YES	70	29	295,000	Renew
Marksville	Avoyelles Parish Lib.	43,000	YES	66	33	425,000	New
Plaquemine	Iberville Parish Lib.	31,300	YES	83	17	1,182,700	Renew
Port Allen	West Baton Rouge Parish Lib.	21,601	YES	74	26	800,000	Renew
Maine
York	York PL	15,000	YES	57	43	302,000	Renew
York	York PL	15,000	YES	52	48	58,000	Increase
Massachusetts
Acton	Acton Memorial Lib.	20,000	YES	54%	46%	$3,800,000	Override
Byfield	Newbury Town Lib.	6,700	NO			$1,500,000	Increase
Dartmouth	Dartmouth Public Libraries	31,158	NO	38%	58%	$400,000	Override
Rockland	Rockland Memorial Lib.	17,861	YES			n/a
Sudbury	Goodnow Lib.	17,250	YES	51%	48%	$3,050,000	Override
Swampscott	Swampscott PL	14,000	YES	57%	43%	$30,000	Override
Tyngsborough	Tyngsborough PL	11,708	NO			1.24-1.9 mill	Override
Wayland	Wayland Free PL	14,000	YES	60%	40%	$2,300,000	Override
Winchester	Winchester PL	20,200	NO	40%	60%	$61,000	Override
Michigan
Ionia	Ionia Community Lib.	21,223	NO	28%	72%	$170,000	New
Ohio
Barberton	Barberton PL	27,899	YES	51%	48%	$563,726	Increase
Cuyahoga Falls	Cuyahoga Falls Lib.	44,832	NO	48%	51%		New
Euclid	Euclid PL	52,717	YES	55%	45%	$2,976,138	Replace+
Warren	Warren-Trumbull Cty. PL	161,000	NO	48%	52%	$2,600,000	New
Worthington	Worthington Libraries	59,232	YES	58%	42%	$4,007,632	New
Youngstown	PL of Youngstown and Mahoning Cty.	255,000	YES	61%	49%	$3,400,000	Replace+
Oklahoma
Tulsa	Tulsa City-Cty. Lib.	581,693	NO	43%	57%	n/a	Increase
Pennsylvania
Brockway	Jefferson Cty. Lib. System	45,932	NO	34%	66%	n/a	New
Lancaster	Lib. System of Lancaster Cty.	487,332	NO	46%	54%	$7,000,000	New
Northampton	Northampton Area PL	38,251	NO	45%	55%	$750,000	New
Texas
Round Top	Round Top Family Lib.	80	NO	29%	71%	n/a	New
Vermont
Manchester	Mark Skinner Lib.	4,180	YES	100%	0%	$120,000	Renew
Shelburne	Pierson Lib.	7,000	YES	65%	35%	$171,006	Renew
Washington
Endicott	Whitman Cty. Lib., Endicott Branch	350	YES	76%	23%	$5,000	Renew
Selah	Yakima Valley Regional Lib., Selah Branch	6,800	YES	71%	29%	$200,000	New
West Virginia
Romney	Hampshire Cty. PL	15,862	YES	80%	20%	$94,987	Renew
Sistersville	Sistersville PL	11,320	YES	70%	30%	$10,544	Renew
TOTAL 58 ($62,695,581)			YES 33 ($42,037,667)		NO 25 ($20,657,914)
**Two towns voted on annexing to the district: Palouse & Tekoa. The town of Endicott voted to contract with the district.
***The referendum was to keep the Town of Newbold in the library district.
SOURCE: LJ Public Library Referenda 2005