Results, August 4, 2026

Kansas City voted YES
on all five.

5 / 5

KC Ballot Questions

$1.7B

in bonds authorized

97,163

ballots cast on Question 1

The Five Questions

What it was: A $100 million general obligation bond to refill the Housing Trust Fund, which finances building and rehabbing homes for very low to moderate income households.
What was at stake: Kansas City is short roughly 64,000 affordable homes. The fund had been running on about $10 million a year. A yes roughly doubles that, and a no would have left the trust fund close to empty.
The result: 72,489 yes of 97,163 total votes, or 74.6% yes. Needed 57.1%, a four-sevenths supermajority, because general obligation bonds cannot pass on a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 17.5 points.

$100 million in general obligation bonds authorized. No rate increase.

What it was: A $100 million general obligation bond to repair and preserve the buildings the city owns together: Bartle Hall, the convention center, and City Hall, which opened in 1937.
What was at stake: Deferred repairs get more expensive every year, and the convention business KC competes for depends on these rooms being in working order.
The result: 65,908 yes of 96,357 total votes, or 68.4% yes. Needed 57.1%, a four-sevenths supermajority, because general obligation bonds cannot pass on a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 11.3 points.

$100 million in general obligation bonds authorized. No rate increase.

What it was: A renewal of the one-eighth-cent Central City Economic Development sales tax for another 10 years, at exactly the rate it has been since 2017.
What was at stake: The tax has put more than $88 million into 58 East Side projects. It was set to expire on September 30, 2027, and a no would have ended it with no replacement.
The result: 65,724 yes of 96,441 total votes, or 68.2% yes. Needed 50%, a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 18.1 points.

One-eighth-cent sales tax, renewed for 10 years. Same rate, renewed.

What it was: A $750 million revenue bond to replace aging water mains and upgrade treatment across a system of about 2,800 miles of pipe serving roughly 172,000 customers.
What was at stake: KC Water faces about $1.2 billion in five year capital needs. Revenue bonds are the cheapest way to pay for work that has to happen either way, so a no would have raised the long run cost.
The result: 77,747 yes of 96,546 total votes, or 80.5% yes. Needed 50%, a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 30.5 points.

$750 million in waterworks revenue bonds authorized. No new tax.

What it was: A $750 million revenue bond funding the Smart Sewer program, the federally required cleanup of the sewer system under a consent decree.
What was at stake: The city is legally obligated to capture 85% of wet weather flow by 2040 and keep raw sewage out of the Blue and Missouri rivers. The work is mandatory, so the only real question was how to pay for it.
The result: 78,603 yes of 96,791 total votes, or 81.2% yes. Needed 50%, a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 31.2 points.

$750 million in sanitary sewer revenue bonds authorized. No new tax.

Results By County

Jackson County

Yes on all five, from 75.9% to 85.0%

Housing82.6%
46,945 yes of 56,811 votes
Civic Buildings75.9%
42,752 yes of 56,358 votes
Central City77.6%
43,760 yes of 56,402 votes
Clean Water84.1%
47,365 yes of 56,338 votes
Sewers85.0%
48,119 yes of 56,586 votes

Clay County

Yes on all five, from 54.4% to 75.3%

Housing62.8%
17,705 yes of 28,209 votes
Civic Buildings57.7%
16,174 yes of 28,040 votes
Central City54.4%
15,251 yes of 28,022 votes
Clean Water75.0%
21,112 yes of 28,164 votes
Sewers75.3%
21,206 yes of 28,170 votes

Platte County

Yes on all five, from 55.9% to 77.1%

Housing64.6%
7,839 yes of 12,143 votes
Civic Buildings58.4%
6,982 yes of 11,959 votes
Central City55.9%
6,713 yes of 12,017 votes
Clean Water77.0%
9,270 yes of 12,044 votes
Sewers77.1%
9,278 yes of 12,035 votes

Thank You,
Kansas City

About 97,000 of us filled out a ballot on a Tuesday in August and said yes to affordable homes, to the civic buildings we all share, to the East Side, to the water coming out of the tap, and to keeping raw sewage out of our rivers.

This one belongs to every voter, volunteer, and neighbor who knocked a door, made a call, or just showed up and voted.

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Results, August 4, 2026

Kansas City voted YES
on all five.

5 / 5

KC Ballot Questions

$1.7B

in bonds authorized

97,163

ballots cast on Question 1

The Five Questions

What it was: A $100 million general obligation bond to refill the Housing Trust Fund, which finances building and rehabbing homes for very low to moderate income households.
What was at stake: Kansas City is short roughly 64,000 affordable homes. The fund had been running on about $10 million a year. A yes roughly doubles that, and a no would have left the trust fund close to empty.
The result: 72,489 yes of 97,163 total votes, or 74.6% yes. Needed 57.1%, a four-sevenths supermajority, because general obligation bonds cannot pass on a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 17.5 points.

$100 million in general obligation bonds authorized. No rate increase.

What it was: A $100 million general obligation bond to repair and preserve the buildings the city owns together: Bartle Hall, the convention center, and City Hall, which opened in 1937.
What was at stake: Deferred repairs get more expensive every year, and the convention business KC competes for depends on these rooms being in working order.
The result: 65,908 yes of 96,357 total votes, or 68.4% yes. Needed 57.1%, a four-sevenths supermajority, because general obligation bonds cannot pass on a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 11.3 points.

$100 million in general obligation bonds authorized. No rate increase.

What it was: A renewal of the one-eighth-cent Central City Economic Development sales tax for another 10 years, at exactly the rate it has been since 2017.
What was at stake: The tax has put more than $88 million into 58 East Side projects. It was set to expire on September 30, 2027, and a no would have ended it with no replacement.
The result: 65,724 yes of 96,441 total votes, or 68.2% yes. Needed 50%, a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 18.1 points.

One-eighth-cent sales tax, renewed for 10 years. Same rate, renewed.

What it was: A $750 million revenue bond to replace aging water mains and upgrade treatment across a system of about 2,800 miles of pipe serving roughly 172,000 customers.
What was at stake: KC Water faces about $1.2 billion in five year capital needs. Revenue bonds are the cheapest way to pay for work that has to happen either way, so a no would have raised the long run cost.
The result: 77,747 yes of 96,546 total votes, or 80.5% yes. Needed 50%, a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 30.5 points.

$750 million in waterworks revenue bonds authorized. No new tax.

What it was: A $750 million revenue bond funding the Smart Sewer program, the federally required cleanup of the sewer system under a consent decree.
What was at stake: The city is legally obligated to capture 85% of wet weather flow by 2040 and keep raw sewage out of the Blue and Missouri rivers. The work is mandatory, so the only real question was how to pay for it.
The result: 78,603 yes of 96,791 total votes, or 81.2% yes. Needed 50%, a simple majority. It cleared that bar by 31.2 points.

$750 million in sanitary sewer revenue bonds authorized. No new tax.