Johnson County Ballot Questions

• August 5, 1952     -     Library
  Yes: 24,891     No: 6,322
  
  
• November 4, 1956     -     Johnson County establishes a library
  Yes: 27,059     No: 7,449
  
  
• November 6, 1956     -     4-H Fair building
  Yes: 9,424     No: 37,067
  
  
• November 4, 1958
  Question 1 - Issuing bond
  Yes: 23,521     No: 12,496
  Question 2 - Sale of home
  Yes: 23,083     No: 11,489
  
  
• November 8, 1960
  Question 1 - Detention home     Yes: 37,910     No: 22,302
  Method of Financing     Bonds: 37,731     Taxes: 9,374
  Question 2 - County garage     Yes: 22,862     No: 33,904
  Method of Financing     Bonds: 30,264     Taxes: 6,179
  
  
• September 23, 1961     -     County Questions for library at 63rd and Antioch
  Question 1 - $209,700     Yes: 2,784     No: 994
  Question 2 - $229,758     Yes: 2,701     No: 1,027
  Question 3 - $251,542     Yes: 2,525     No: 1,170
  Question 4 - $55,000     Yes: 2,482     No: 1,197
  
  
• April 2, 1963     -     Use of voting machines for certain elections
  Yes: 8,881     No: 13,308
  
  
• June 2, 1964
  Question 1 - Unification of schools - Planning Unit #105
  Yes: 849     No: 635
  Question 2 - Unification of schools - Planning Unit #106
  Yes: 2,903     No: 5,733
  
  
• November 4, 1964     -     One-tenth mill levy for Johnson County Free Fair Association
  Yes: 18,464     No: 47,519
  
  
• November 8, 1966     -     Voting machines
  Registered Voters: 84,487     Voted: 55,715 (65.9%)
  Yes: 28,934     No: 25,014
  
  
• February 11, 1967     -     $1,501,000 for libraries
  Yes: 6,631     No: 2,926
  
  
• May 23, 1967
  Question 1 - Establish County Community College
  Yes: 6,413     No: 2,321
  Question 2 - County of Johnson sell county garage
  Yes: 7,172     No: 1,090
  
  
• September 12, 1967
  Question 1 - Court House addition
  Yes: 5,760     No: 8,940
  Question 2 - Northeast County Office building
  Yes: 6,732     No: 7,884
  
  
• June 3, 1969     -     $12,900,000 for Johnson County Community College
  Yes: 12,698     No: 5,381
  
  
• November 7, 1972     -     Sports complex
  Registered Voters: 120,407     Voted: 104,136 (86.4%)
  Yes: 33,653     No: 54,190
  
  
• August 6, 1974     -     Tax levy for emergency medical service
  Registered Voters: 116,254     Voted: 28,598 (24.6%)
  Yes: 11,971     No: 7,713
  
  
• November 5, 1974     -     Retention of County Judges
  Yes: 44,650     No: 14,612
  
  
• April 1, 1975     -    Park and Recreation District - Tomahawk Reservoir
  Yes: 13,623     No: 21,401
  
  
• July 15, 1975
  Registered Voters: 125,722     Voted: 25,351 (20%)
  Question 1 - Increase one-half cent sales tax
  Yes: 15,868     No: 9,483
  Question 2 - Airport Commission
  Yes: 15,400     No: 8,500
  
  
• November 2, 1976     -     Charter Commission
  Registered Voters: 140,956     Voted: 117,040 (83%)
  Yes: 42,156     No: 44,858
  
  
• April 5, 1977
  Question 1 - $7,440,624 to provide recreational facilities
  Yes: 10,219     No: 20,347
  Question 2 - Levy one-half mill tangible property tax
  Yes: 10,912     No: 19,551
  
  
• November 8, 1977     -     One-half cent increase of county retailers' sales tax
  Registered Voters: 139,471     Voted: 26,657 (20%)
  Yes: 8,310     No: 18,347
  
  
• November 7, 1978     -     Liquor by the drink
  Registered Voters: 130,910     Voted: 82,508 (58.9%)
  Yes: 59,553     No: 17,391
  
  
• April 3, 1979     -     Change County Commissioners from 3 to 5
  Yes: 17,764     No: 10,711
  
  
• September 18, 1979
  Registered Voters: 119,646     Voted: 16,676 (14%)
  Question 1 - $6,000,000 for acquiring 1,160 acres for park
  Yes: 10,110     No: 6,566
  Question 2 - Selling county land of 160 acres known as County Farm
  Yes: 11,243     No: 4,750
  
  
• April 5, 1983     -     Sell 140 acres of county land know as the Wilder Site
  Yes: 10,929     No: 4,129
  
  
• November 6, 1984     -     Method of selection of Judges of the District Court in the 10th Judicial District
  Registratered Voters: 169,773     Voted: 141,715 (83.4%)
  Question 1 - Election of judges by voters         40,176
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  Question 2 - Non-partisan appointment of judges by Governor        65,587
  
  
• April 2, 1985     -     $15,000,000 for County Detention Center
  Yes: 19,573     No: 8,665
  
  
• August 5, 1986     -     Johnson County Park and Recreation shall be authorized to levy additional one-half mill
  Registered Voters: 149,454     Voted: 44,641 (29.8%)
  Yes: 18,492     No: 14,725
  
  
• September 1, 1987     -     One-half cent sales tax increase
  Yes: 9,324     No: 12,584
  
  
• April 7, 1992     -     Implement a new finance plan for the wastewater district
  Yes: 27,389     No: 26,371 v
• August 4, 1992     -     $12,800,000 for a family recreation center
  Registered Voters: 176,068     Voted: 71,055 (40.36%)
  Yes: 29,159     No: 36,728
  
  
• November 3, 1992     -     $12,000,000 to acquire the site and building for a library at 87th and Farley in Overland Park
  Yes: 100,523     No: 39,953
  
  
• April 4, 1995
  Question 1 - One-fourth of one percent countywide retailers' sales tax for public safety purposes, medium security jail, office facilities for Sheriff's Department, Juvenile Detention facilities and Community Correction's facilities
  Yes: 37,319     No: 27,677
  Question 2 - $72,335,000 for facilities and technology - Johnson County Community College
  Yes: 23,926     No: 41,833
  
  
• November 5, 1996     -     Bi-State Culture Tax
  Retail sales tax of one-eighth of one cent for Kansas and Missouri metropolitan culture district - tax shall terminate upon collection fromm the district of $118,000,000
  Yes: 107,385     No: 69,994
  
  
• November 3, 1998     -     Parks & Recreation District
  $6,000,000 to aquire land for park
  Yes: 88,494     No: 39,479
  
  
• November 7, 2000
  Question 1 - Appoint a County Manager and conversion of County Clerk, Treasurer, and Register of Deeds to appointed offices
  Yes: 102,788     No: 85,023
  Question 2 - Increase Board of County Commissioners to six members and one at-large member
  Yes: 109,956     No: 72,923
  Question 3 - Make Board of County Commissioners non-partisan positions
  Yes: 93,438     No: 87,018
  
  
• August 6, 2002     -     One-fourth of one percent sales tax - 64% to county and 36% to the cities. County share is for economic development and public school districts in the county
  Yes: 58,242     No: 36,899
  
  
• November 2, 2004     -     Bistate question
  Retail sales tax of one-fourth of one cent be levied and collected in Kansas and Missouri metropolitan culture district – one-half to cultural arts and one-half to sports facilities
  Yes: 113,846     No: 138,113
  
  
• September 27, 2005     -     Renewal and continuation of one-fourth cent sales tax for county, cities and school districts
  Yes: 30,983   No: 12,412
  
  
• November 7, 2006     -     Issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000 to acquire land for park purposes within the boundaries of Unified School District No. 229, Johnson County, State of Kansas (Blue Valley School District), and to develop thereon soccer fields, training and community facilities, concessions, restrooms, general maintenance facilities and all related appurtenances
  Yes: 66,407     No: 118,759
  
  
• August 5, 2008 - Renewal and continuation of one-fourth sales tax for the county and cities. Counties portion dedicated to fund public safety
  Yes: 40,574    No: 35,541

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