Rhode Island voters approved all seven spending questions put before them in the Special Election on Tuesday on Tuesday, March 2, and voters in Tiverton and Little Compton did the same.
The two towns …
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Rhode Island voters approved all seven spending questions put before them in the Special Election on Tuesday on Tuesday, March 2, and voters in Tiverton and Little Compton did the same.
The two towns voted overwhelming support for Question 2 (Beach, Clean Water and Green Bond), and Question 4 (Transportation Infrastructure).
Margins were much tighter for the question involving the largest amount of money — Question 1 (Higher Education Facilities), and for Question 6 (Arts Economy and State Preservation Grants).
Little Compton results:
1. Higher Education Facilities - $107,300,000
Yes: 416 (57.9%)
No: 303 (42.1%)
2. Beach, Clean Water and Green Bond - $74,000,000
Yes: 569 (79.0%)
No: 151 (21.0%)
3. Housing, and Community Opportunity - $65,000,000
Yes: 471 (66.2%)
No: 240 (33.8%)
4. Transportation Infrastructure - $71,700,000
Yes: 594 (82.2%)
No: 129 (17.8%)
5. Early Care & Education Cap. Fund — $15,000,000
Yes: 508 (70.6%)
No: 212 (29.4%)
6. Arts, Economy & State Preservation - $7,000,000
Yes: 458 (63.6%)
No: 262 (36.4%)
7. Industrial Facilities Infrastructure, $60,000,000
Yes: 393 (54.7%)
No: 326 (45.3%)
Tiverton results
1. Higher Education Facilities - $107,300,000
Yes: 987 (51.2%)
No: 940 (48.8%)
2. Beach, Clean Water and Green Bond - $74,000,000
Yes: 1394 (72.4%)
No: 532 (27.6%)
3. Housing, and Community Opportunity - $65,000,000
Yes: 1128 (59.2%)
No: 778 (40.8%)
4. Transportation Infrastructure - $71,700,000
Yes: 1590 (82.2%)
No: 345 (17.8%)
5. Early Care & Education Cap. Fund — $15,000,000
Yes: 1185 (61.5%)
No: 741 (38.5%)
6. Arts, Economy & State Preservation - $7,000,000
Yes: 990 (51.3%)
No: 938 (48.7%)
7. Industrial Facilities Infrastructure, $60,000,000
Yes: 1034 (53.7%)
No: 891 (46.3%)