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Our call — vote YES
The measure
Alongside its DAA override, the Balsz Elementary School District (Maricopa County) asks voters on November 3, 2026 for authorization to sell, lease, or exchange district property — listed by the County Superintendent as the district's "District Additional Assistance Override & Site Sale" questions.
What YES does
A YES vote authorizes the district's governing board to sell, lease, or exchange district real estate it no longer needs, under the authorization's terms, instead of holding surplus property the district must maintain.
What NO does
A NO vote denies the authorization. The property stays in district hands, with its carrying costs, until voters approve a sale or the district finds another lawful route.
The math
There is no tax in this question. A site-sale authorization raises no levy; it lets the district convert surplus real estate into proceeds or lease revenue. The sources retrieved do not name a specific parcel, a price, or any below-market or earmarked-proceeds term for this authorization — no such oddity is shown in the text retrieved, and we print the gap rather than guess at the parcel.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
On the text retrieved, this is a straight authorization to dispose of district property the district does not need — no tax, no named sweetheart term, no earmark oddity. Districts should not be forced to sit on surplus land. Authorize it.
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Sources
- Maricopa County School Superintendent — Bond and Override Elections (2026), and the district informational pamphlet linked from that page (accessed October 25, 2026) — https://schoolsup.org/bond-and-override-elections
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.