Washington County - Statewide Public Measures

Washington County voters will vote on the following Statewide Public Measure:

Statewide Public Measure 1

Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?
( )YES
( )NO

Summary: Provides that any bill to increase the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature for passage. Further, the two-thirds majority vote requirement applies to the passage of a bill to establish a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state. The requirement excludes taxes imposed at the option of a local government. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment.

Full Text:
The Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section to new Article XIII:

Passage of a bill that increases the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. This requirement does not apply to taxes imposed at the option of a local government. Passage of a bill that establishes a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. If such a lawsuit is not filed within the one-year limit, the bill shall be considered properly enacted under this section. Each bill to which this section applies must include a separate provision describing the requirements for enactment prescribed by this section. The general assembly shall enact laws to implement this section.

Voters of the Merged Area Kirkwood Community College will vote on the following Public Measure:

Public Measure NC

Shall Kirkwood Community College (Merged Area X) in the Counties of Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Poweshiek, Tama, and Washington, be authorized to renovate, improve, erect, and equip facilities to modernize learning spaces with an emphasis on health sciences, industrial technologies, agricultural sciences, and business and information technology, contract indebtedness therefor, and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not exceeding $88,000,000 for those purposes?

Voters of the Fairfield Community School District will vote on the following Public Measure:

Public Measure LR

Shall the Board of Directors of the Fairfield Community School District in the Counties of Jefferson, Henry, Van Buren, Wapello and Washington, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $24,850,000 to provide funds to build furnish, and equip additions to and to remodel, repair, improve, and equip the middle school building, including fine arts, career and technical education, library, commons area, kitchen, and gymnasium spaces, including related site improvements?

Voters of the Keota Community School District will vote on the following Public Measure:

Public Measure ML

Shall the Board of Directors of the Keota Community School District in the Counties of Keokuk and Washington, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $6,400,000 to provide funds to remodel, repair, equip, and improve the Jr-Sr High School, including a secure entrance, educational spaces, HVAC, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing improvements; to remodel, repair, equip, and improve the Elementary School, including a secure entrance and plumbing improvements; and for fire alarm upgrades throughout the school building?

Voters of the Pekin Community School District will vote on the following Public Measure:

Public Measure MN

Shall the Board of Directors of the Pekin Community School District in the Counties of Jefferson, Keokuk, Wapello, and Washington, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $9,200,000 to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip additions to the school building, including classroom and commons area spaces; to remodel, repair, improve, and equip the school building, including a secure entrance, HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, parking, accessibility, and site improvements?

Voters of the Mid-Prairie Community School District will vote on the following Public Measure:

Public Measure VF

Shall the Board of Directors of the Mid-Prairie Community School District in the Counties of Washington, Iowa, and Johnson, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $19,000,000 to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip an addition to the high school, including a new events entrance, auditorium, and fine arts classrooms, with related remodeling and improvements and related site improvements; and to renovate, improve, furnish and equip several existing special education and general education classrooms?

Published in The News, Thursday, October 15, 2026 L-180