2007 General Election | Ballot Questions

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Return to 2007 General Election results.

Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to require councilmembers to be residents of the districts from which they were elected for at least one year prior to their election?

    Votes Percentage
QUESTION 1 YES SI   129379 76.2%
QUESTION 1 NO NO   40393 23.8%

Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create a Public School Family and Child Advocate who will act as an advocate for public school children and their families with respect to all educational and related matters?

    Votes Percentage
QUESTION 2 YES SI   105629 63.4%
QUESTION 2 NO NO   60948 36.6%

Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create a Handicapped and Disabled Advocate who will act as an advocate for all Philadelphians with respect to all matters affecting handicapped and disabled people?

    Votes Percentage
QUESTION 3 YES SI   107840 66.8%
QUESTION 3 NO NO   53586 33.2%

Should the City of Philadelphia borrow $55,090,000 to be spent for and toward capital purposes as follows: Transit; Streets and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks, Recreation and Museums; and Economic and Community Development

    Votes Percentage
QUESTION 4 YES SI   102997 64.6%
QUESTION 4 NO NO   56336 35.4%