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Article: In New Jersey, a 61% majority for GOs to build housing for the disabled. (Election Special)
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- The Bond Buyer
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- November 10, 1994
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New Jersey voters yesterday overwhelmingly approved $160 million of general obligation bonds to provide housing for the disabled.
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman publicly supported the bond authorization, which won 61% of the vote. The bonding proposal was the only statewide question on the New Jersey ballot.
The proposal drew widespread support, with a coalition of 32 business and community groups campaigning for the bonds. New Jersey has a waiting list of thousands of disabled people seeking to live in state-funded housing.
But the measure did have its opponents. The New Jersey League of Women Voters opposed the referendum because "increasing the ...