Voters in Fort Bend County overwhelmingly supported all four propositions of a $98.6 million bond initiative with each proposition garnering more than 60 percent of voters' support, according to unofficial results.
With all 78 precincts reporting, election results show 69 percent of voters in favor of Proposition 1 of the bond with 48,366 votes tallied. The bond's Proposition 2 received 61 percent support with 48,116 total votes. 70 percent of voters supported Proposition 3 with a total of 48,323 votes. Proposition 4 also received the support of voters with 60 percent voting in favor and 48,028 votes cast.
In Fort Bend County there are 373,832 registered voters. Of the registered voters in the county, 49,947 cast a vote in this election, which puts the voter turnout at 13.36 percent.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted 7:36 p.m.
According to unofficial early voting returns, all four propositions of a $98.6 million bond initiative for Fort Bend County have gained the favor of residents with each proposition receiving more than 60 percent of voters' support.
Early returns show 68 percent of voters in favor of Proposition 1 with 21,222 votes tallied. Proposition 2 has 61 percent in favor with 21,123 votes counted. 70 percent of early voters are in favor of Proposition 3 with a total of 21, 216 votes. Early voters were also in favor of Proposition 4, with 60 percent in favor and 21,113 votes.
Fort Bend County’s substantial population growth over the last decade has strained the county’s public facilities and government buildings. To accommodate the growing population, Commissioners Court approved the bond referendum Aug. 19.
“[The county] provides all of the services required by the state but at the local level,” Fort Bend County Judge Robert Hebert said. “The population growth puts an additional burden on us to provide those services in a timely fashion and at a reasonable cost.”
The bond referendum is broken up into four propositions and addresses needs, such as park improvements, upgrades to the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, library expansions and new criminal justice facilities.
If approved by voters, the county expects to complete construction of each facility expansion and all improvements by 2018, Hebert said.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
