Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri issue sanitary sewer revenue bonds in the principal amount of $750,000,000.00 for the purpose of rehabilitating, expanding and improving the City’s sanitary sewer system?
Kansas City city, Missouri
My vote power
Normal
Election date
August 4, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 61 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 510,612 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(6,191,814 ÷ 510,612) ÷ ln(50,000) = 61.53, measured against a statewide vote in MO (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Environment and Public Health, Public Infrastructure
Allows Kansas City to borrow up to $750 million for sanitary-sewer improvements. The revenue bonds may pay to rehabilitate, expand, and improve the system and acquire needed land or rights-of-way so it can keep operating and comply with federal, state, and court requirements. Principal and interest would be paid only from sanitary-sewer system revenue, not property taxes, and the city may set sewer rates and charges high enough to cover operations, debt service, and reserves. Approval would not issue all bonds at once: each future sale requires a separate City Council ordinance specifying the amount and projects, and its cost will depend on the interest rate and sale size. The ballot text states no expiration date for the authorization.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
Kansas City may issue up to $750 million in sanitary-sewer revenue bonds for system rehabilitation, expansion, improvements, and related land or rights-of-way. Future bond sales still require separate City Council approval, and sewer-system revenues and customer rates—not property taxes—would cover operating costs, debt payments, and reserves.
A NO vote means
Kansas City receives no new $750 million sanitary-sewer bond authorization from this election. Required sewer work would continue, but the city could not issue bonds under this proposal and would have to use remaining prior authority or other financing for future projects.
Sources: clerk.kcmo.gov · kcmo.gov
Source: clerk.kcmo.gov