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Referenda Results

The following are the results of the referenda election held on November 5, 1991. The data for this report were obtained from election authorities, local election officials, and local canvassing board abstracts. The following is a summary of those referenda. There were 302 different referenda proposals presented by 271 units of government on the Nonpartisan election ballot — 146 passed and 156 failed. At this election, the overall passage rate was 48 percent.

Type Total Proposals Number of Different Proposals Passage Rate
County 52 50 29/21
Township/Road 38 37 15/22
City/Village 56 52 23/29
School 170 90 35/55
Miscellaneous 94 73 44/29


Type Number of Proposals Pass/Fail
Education 35 15/20
Operations 12 6/6
Transportation 4 0/4
Bonds 24 8/16
Consolidation 3 1/2
Surcharge for 911 19 14/5
Cooperative Extension 28 19/9
Create Fire District 15 12/3


Type Total Proposals Number of Different Proposals Pass/Fail
Taxes 243 173 82/91
Bonds 64 47 21/26
Miscellaneous* 97 77 42/35
Advisory 6 5 1/4
* Included in this are annexations, establishments and general policy questions.


Specific results of park and forest preserve district referenda are as follws:
County District Description Pass/Fail
Cook Bartlett Park District $2.4 Million Aquatic Facility Pass
Cook Wheeling Park District Recreational Programs (10¢ increase) Fail
DuPage Addison Park District Corporate (12¢ increase) Fail
DuPage Bartlett Park District Swimming Pool Facility Pass
DuPage DuPage County Forest Preserve District Acquisition of Property ($5 Million) Pass
DuPage West Chicago Park District Police Programs (2.5¢) Fail
Grundy Aux Sable Park District Form a Park District Fail
Kane Bartlett Park District Aquatic Facility Pass
Kane Dundee Township Park District Construct/Acquire Public Golf Course Pass
Lake Gurnee Park District Dissolution (failed overwhelmingly) Fail
Lake Lake County Forest Preserve District Develop/Redevelop Property ($4.5 Million) Fail
Lake Wheeling Park District Recreational Programs Fail
Mercer Sherrard Form a Park District Fail
Ogle Flagg-Rochelle Park District Annexation Pass
Ogle Flagg-Rochelle Park District Annexation Pass
Tazwell Tremont Park District Form a Park District Pass


Illinois Parks and Recreation 15 January/February 1992


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