Bonds and Ballots: Four Years Experience with 'SB2

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Brief Description

This paper reviews recent years' experience regarding consideration of bond articles in towns and school districts. It investigates the relationship between bond approval by voters and the type of local governance (traditional and official ballot), local tax rates, and size of community. It also describes the effect of 1999 legislation that changed the majority required to approve bond articles in official ballot jurisdictions.