Grady and Caddo County voters who live in the Canadian Valley Technology Center’s wide ranging district voted to approve the district’s $75 million bond issue, however the voters in Canadian County turned out strong against it. The bond issue was defeated in last Tuesday’s special election by only 48 votes.
 Most school bond issues require a 60% super majority approval to pass, however, according to Canadian Valley Technology Center officials Oklahoma state law requires only a simple majority would have been required. 25 no votes turned yes would have approved the plan.
 CV Tech sought voter support to fund construction of a “stand-alone” public safety training center and other upgrades at Canadian Valley’s El Reno Campus along with modernization and safety improvements at its Chickasha campus.
 Some 102 precincts were open Sept. 12 in polling places across eight counties for CV Tech’s bond election, with votes cast in six of those counties.
 No one showed to vote in the single precinct in Kingfisher County and no one voted in either of the two precincts in Garvin County.
 Caddo County (who has a tech school at Fort Cobb) had 2 precincts in the school district and split with 8 votes for and 7 votes against the proposal.
 Cleveland County had one precinct with three yes votes; McClain County had one precinct with four no votes; Oklahoma County had nine precincts and 91 yes votes and 62 no votes.
 Grady County, who would have seen some additional improvements in the campus in Chickasha voted to approve the bond issue with 26 precincts reporting a total of 671 yes votes and 379 no votes.
 Canadian County that has the main El Reno Campus in its borders turned the issue down, over-riding the other 7 counties in the district with 60 precincts reporting 1,735 yes votes, but 2,104 no votes.
 There were 2,508 yes votes (49.53%) and 2,556 no votes (50.47%), according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board.
 CV Tech Superintendent Gayla Lutts said, “The election results last night for the CV Tech bond issue were disappointing. I want to thank everyone who got out to vote and who supported our efforts to educate the public about the bond issue. Over the past several months, we experienced an overwhelmingly positive response from our faculty, families, communities and business partners who were supportive of our expansion and improvement goals. We are proud of our growth and progress at CV Tech and remain committed to our mission of preparing our students to succeed through quality career and technical education programs and services. While the loss is certainly a setback, our eye is still on building a brighter future for us all.”
 Lutts had earlier reported that the schools turned away 600 or more students this year due to the lack of teaching facilities.
 The failure to Tuesday’s bond vote means property taxes will remain steady.
 School districts served by CV Tech stretch from El Reno east to Bethany and Piedmont south to Rush Springs, and include Mustang, Yukon and Tuttle, among others.