Election Results
Southwest Tech is pleased to announce that district voters approved the college's $31.9 million building referendum on April 1, 2008. Three days later, the Board of Canvassers convened in Fennimore to certify the vote count received from the clerks of the counties that comprise the Southwest Tech District. The official vote tally is 21,347 ballots cast. Of that number, 12,521 (58.65%) voted yes and 8,826 (41.35%) voted no, resulting in approval of Southwest Tech's Building Referendum.
April 1, 2008, Referendum Ballot Wording
BE IT RESOLVED by the District Board of the Southwest Wisconsin Technical College District, Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Green, Dane, Sauk and Vernon Counties, Wisconsin that there shall be issued pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $31,900,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of capital expenditures included in the Campus Master Plan consisting of acquiring and improving sites; constructing new buildings; adding to, upgrading, remodeling, and renovating existing buildings; and acquiring furnishings, fixtures, and equipment.
Referendum Literature