§ 70236 Bond Approval Voter Threshold

• •To pass a bond (like borrowing money for schools or roads), 60% of voters must say 'yes'.
• •It's not just most voters—it has to be at least 60 out of every 100 people who vote.
• •If fewer than 60% agree, the bond doesn’t get approved, even if more people voted 'yes' than 'no'.

A town wants to borrow money to build a new park.

If 100 people vote, at least 60 of them must vote 'yes' for the park to get built. If only 55 say 'yes', it fails, even though more people wanted it than didn’t.