Just over 26 percent of the 10,152 registered voters in the Carroll Community School District submitted ballots in the special Public Measure S bond referendum vote on Tuesday night. And, slightly over 75 percent of those voters said yes to the $4.5 million measure that will be used to help cover costs of $6.2 million to renovate and upgrade the current Carroll Stadium on Grant Road. Committee member, Jair Mayhall, said that they really had not heard a lot of opposition, but there were a lot of questions from the public.
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With an unofficial vote of 1995 in favor and 660 against, there was a palpable sense of relief from committee members Tuesday night as the months of meetings, planning and communicating with the public ended on a very positive note.
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Carroll Community School District Board President, Jen Munson, said early indications were the vote may go in their favor, but said there was one overall feeling when hearing the votes roll in.
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Munson said the outcome gave them all an understanding of how important it was to connect with the community on this issue.
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Work for the Carroll Stadium committee is not over with Tuesday night’s special election however, and we will bring you more in an upcoming broadcast about the next steps in the process for the committee and the school district in bringing the many renderings, specs and estimations to reality. A full tally of the votes cast in each precint can be found below.
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| PRECINCTS | REGISTERED VOTERS | # OF VOTERS | YES | NO | UNDERVOTES |
| Carroll Wards, Arcadia & Maple River | 7532 | 726 | 527 | 199 | |
| Pleasant Valley-Eden-Newton | 823 | 111 | 65 | 46 | |
| Sheridan-Grant | 567 | 68 | 33 | 35 | |
| Washington-Roselle | 527 | 77 | 43 | 34 | |
| Wheatland-Kniest | 703 | 120 | 52 | 68 | |
| Absentee Ballots | 1557 | 1275 | 278 | 4 | |
| Totals | 10152 | 2659 | 1995 | 660 | 4 |