RTA Next Passes by 61% in Special Election – updated

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Pima County Elections just released early ballot results from today’s Special Election on the RTA Next, propositions 418 and 419 on the ballot.

https://www.pima.gov/2865/Election-Results

Prop 418 (“Proposition 418: asks voters to consider a new regional transportation plan (RTA Next)”).

YES 125,362

NO 82,128

Prop 419 (“Proposition 419: asks voters to consider funding to pay for implementation of the 20-year plan.”) This funding would be through a half cent sales tax.

YES 120,381

NO 86,236

Voter turnout was 31.5%. Only 30% of the registered voters are deciding this special election. There are 665,294 registered voters in Pima County.

Stay tuned here for updates as the votes come in. Provisional ballots will be counted over the next few days.

So it seems the propositions have passed. Both needed to pass for the RTA Next plan to procede for another 20 years, to 2046. Updated 3/11/26, 3/12/26, 3/13/26/, 3/16/26 as provisional ballots are being counted. Final results now tabulated for this special election.

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3 thoughts on “RTA Next Passes by 61% in Special Election – updated”

  1. Great update on the RTA Next results. Since only 30% of registered voters decided this, I’m curious if the oversight for this new 20-year plan will be as transparent as the new state regulations we’re seeing in other sectors. For instance, I was reading a breakdown of how the government is now strictly licensing online operators at https://guiadektobrasil.com/ to ensure consumer protection and financial clarity. Do you think the Pima County oversight committee will provide that same level of public, verified data on where every cent of this half-cent sales tax is going, or will we have to rely on “provisional” updates for the next two decades?

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    • Who knows? Wait & see how this RTA Next unfolds. The original RTA plan encountered many financial setbacks, the crisis in 2008 and then the covid pandemic. Hopefully the projects from the first RTA will be completed soon, such as Grant Rd. and the Dowtown Links underpass.

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