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State
2016 BALLOT MEASURE SCORECARD
Community
or Region
Ballot Measure Description
Action
To Be
Decided
Outcome
A
Spokane
On November 8, 2016, voters will have the option to approve or reject Spokane
Transit Authority (STA) Proposition 1, authorizing an 0.2 percent increase in local
sales and use tax to help fund STA Moving Forward, the 10-year plan to: 1) Connect
people to services; 2) Connect workers to jobs; 3) Help advance regional economic
development.
.2 percent
sales
tax
YES
NO
Y
Jackson &
Teton
Counties
One percent sales tax increase to fund housing and transit projects. On the transit
side, funding would offset operating and capital costs for START bus system.
one percent
sales tax
increase
YES
NO
Results (to be Updated November 9, 2016)
Number of Ballot Measures Approved:
Number of Ballot Measures Rejected:
2016 Percentage of Ballot Measures Approved:
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
TRANSPORTATION &
INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSALS
Hillary Clinton
Fve-year, $275 billion dollar
infrastructure plan
Allocate $250 billion to direct public
investment.
Dedicate the other $25 billion to a national
infrastructure bank. The bank would
leverage its $25 billion in funds to support up
to an additional $225 billion in direct loans,
loan guarantees, and other forms of credit
enhancement.
"Expand public transit options to lower
transportation costs and unlock economic
opportunity for Americans in opportunity
deserts."
"Build a faster, safer, and higher capacity
passenger rail system."
Donald Trump
$500 billion dollar
infrastructure plan
"Build the next generation of roads, bridges,
railways, tunnels, sea ports, and airports."
No official details provided on campaign
website.
Investment provided through national bond
measures: “The citizens would put money
into the fund. It would be a great investment,
and it would put a lot of people to work.”
"Domestically, we need to undertake a
massive rebuilding of our infrastructure...
Public transit is overcrowded and unreliable
and our airports must be rebuilt. You go to
countries like China and many others and
you look at their train systems and their
public transport. It’s so much better."