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North Carolina Constitutional amendment: Property tax levy limit

Property tax levy limit. 2026 results by county, from North Carolina's official results file: For 60.4%, Against 39.6% statewide.

Statewide

Constitutional amendment requiring limits on property tax increases by local governments.

A vote for
Supports this amendment.
A vote against
Opposes it.
For 60.4% Against 39.6%

2,503,667 for and 1,640,182 against.

Session Law 2026-5

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

100 counties: For has the most votes in 95, Against has the most votes in 5. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyForAgainstVotes
Alamance County58.0%42.0%66,723
Alexander County79.1%20.9%13,314
Alleghany County73.9%26.1%4,649
Anson County58.6%41.4%7,812
Ashe County66.4%33.6%11,618
Avery County71.9%28.1%6,642
Beaufort County70.5%29.5%19,581
Bertie County54.0%46.0%6,532
Bladen County76.8%23.2%11,631
Brunswick County74.2%25.8%85,030
Buncombe County46.4%53.6%128,838
Burke County71.9%28.1%29,305
Cabarrus County65.3%34.7%85,712
Caldwell County74.1%25.9%26,584
Camden County75.1%24.9%4,407
Carteret County76.4%23.6%34,756
Caswell County68.9%31.1%8,340
Catawba County71.1%28.9%58,409
Chatham County46.2%53.8%42,508
Cherokee County81.9%18.1%12,160
Chowan County72.1%27.9%5,679
Clay County77.2%22.8%5,654
Cleveland County73.0%27.0%34,194
Columbus County73.9%26.1%16,497
Craven County69.8%30.2%41,349
Cumberland County64.4%35.6%93,352
Currituck County80.8%19.2%12,480
Dare County67.4%32.6%18,758
Davidson County76.3%23.7%60,156
Davie County73.8%26.2%18,290
Duplin County70.5%29.5%15,639
Durham County29.1%70.9%150,078
Edgecombe County50.2%49.8%17,661
Forsyth County52.5%47.5%150,520
Franklin County64.7%35.3%32,888
Gaston County69.9%30.1%81,387
Gates County73.4%26.6%4,040
Graham County80.7%19.3%3,639
Granville County63.4%36.6%24,210
Greene County61.4%38.6%6,180
Guilford County54.3%45.7%214,607
Halifax County51.1%48.9%17,379
Harnett County69.9%30.1%44,619
Haywood County68.5%31.5%27,290
Henderson County64.6%35.4%55,985
Hertford County54.6%45.4%7,058
Hoke County68.3%31.7%15,469
Hyde County60.4%39.6%2,082
Iredell County72.6%27.4%74,771
Jackson County59.9%40.1%15,897
Johnston County64.5%35.5%87,011
Jones County73.0%27.0%3,825
Lee County62.2%37.8%21,052
Lenoir County61.3%38.7%19,259
Lincoln County73.9%26.1%37,824
Macon County73.4%26.6%15,913
Madison County65.7%34.3%10,424
Martin County62.5%37.5%8,853
McDowell County75.1%24.9%16,084
Mecklenburg County53.2%46.8%437,716
Mitchell County73.3%26.7%6,099
Montgomery County68.0%32.0%8,762
Moore County69.2%30.8%43,515
Nash County63.1%36.9%40,377
New Hanover County60.2%39.8%101,603
Northampton County56.6%43.4%6,661
Onslow County76.6%23.4%48,816
Orange County31.8%68.2%71,527
Pamlico County71.3%28.7%5,983
Pasquotank County68.5%31.5%14,436
Pender County73.5%26.5%25,149
Perquimans County76.3%23.7%5,517
Person County70.4%29.6%15,587
Pitt County56.4%43.6%61,783
Polk County68.1%31.9%9,969
Randolph County75.4%24.6%46,734
Richmond County66.5%33.5%13,161
Robeson County70.6%29.4%28,888
Rockingham County72.0%28.0%33,745
Rowan County66.5%33.5%49,504
Rutherford County75.7%24.3%22,448
Sampson County73.1%26.9%17,962
Scotland County63.9%36.1%10,204
Stanly County70.6%29.4%23,947
Stokes County75.9%24.1%17,394
Surry County77.9%22.1%23,791
Swain County67.6%32.4%4,980
Transylvania County60.0%40.0%15,965
Tyrrell County70.2%29.8%1,320
Union County75.3%24.7%97,278
Vance County55.3%44.7%14,353
Wake County51.3%48.7%519,027
Warren County60.0%40.0%7,896
Washington County47.9%52.1%4,412
Watauga County52.0%48.0%23,598
Wayne County69.2%30.8%38,050
Wilkes County79.1%20.9%23,086
Wilson County62.7%37.3%28,523
Yadkin County77.5%22.5%13,344
Yancey County70.3%29.7%8,135

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

North Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:05 PM. Unofficial until certified. North Carolina's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.