ElectionThursday, November 5
Bloomington voters favor a data center moratorium and a grocery tax repeal
The Daily Normal team
If you're wondering how Tuesday's ballot questions landed: Bloomington voters favored repealing the city's 1% grocery tax and imposing a moratorium on large-scale data centers, according to unofficial returns. Both are advisory, so the outcome only expresses voter intent and doesn't require elected officials to act.
Bloomington City Council passed a six-month pause on large data centers in May. City officials projected a $3 million revenue gap if the 1% grocery sales tax goes away. Normal passed its own 1% grocery tax the same month as Bloomington.
$3 millionprojected Bloomington revenue gap if the 1% sales tax is lost
City officials made the projection for losing the tax the council approved last year to replace a lapsed state grocery tax.
Source: WGLT
- Data center moratorium: 77.5% yes, 22.5% no
- Weapons transfer ban question: 88.5% yes in Bloomington
- Normal Township: yes on repealing the state's anti-BDS law, by a landslide
- Heyworth schools, at-large seats: 1,325 yes, 727 no
Bloomington voters said yes by wide margins on two advisory questions
Source: WGLT
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Weapons transfer ban | 88.5% |
| Data center moratorium | 77.5% |
Dale Township Fire Protection District voters rejected all three tax questions, and the county's referendum results show the same. Fire chief Ryan Gibson told WGLT last week the district would probably have to cut hours if the referendums failed. It has 19 staff members, including part-time paid and volunteer members.
Sources: The Pantagraph, Central Illinois Proud, WGLT