Data Centers on the Ballot · 2026 Results

What counts

A measure is included when the question itself is about data centers: bans and megawatt caps, zoning referendums on data center sites, agreements with data center developers, voter-approval requirements written to stop a data center, and advisory questions asking whether to allow them.

Compiled from Ballotpedia's 2026 data center measure tracking, MultiState's September 2026 roundup, county election offices, and local reporting as of mid-October 2026. Ballot language is quoted where an official text was available and marked as a paraphrase otherwise.

How the numbers work

Restrict / Allow

Each question's YES and NO are mapped to the anti-data-center side (Restrict) and the pro-data-center side (Allow), so a NO vote on a "should the council approve data centers" question counts as Restrict.

Complete, partly counted, no results

A count is complete when every precinct is in and one side leads by 2 points or more; in states that count mail ballots for days, such as California and Nevada, only when the county calls its count final. Partly counted means some votes are in. When a partial count has not moved for three hours, the page says when it last changed. Nothing here is certified.

Leading, early, won

Leading means ahead by 2 points or more. An early count has under half the precincts in. Won means a complete count.

Too close

Margin under 2 points, however much is counted.

Typical share

The median of the Restrict side's percentage across measures with votes, so a small village counts the same as a city. The pooled figure adds up raw votes instead.

Votes remaining

A rough estimate that assumes unreported precincts are the same size as reported ones. Treat it as a hint, not a projection.

Changed since you last looked

Your browser remembers the counts from when you last left the page for more than a few minutes (or closed it) and marks what moved since. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Sources and data

Every race links to the election office page the numbers come from. The tracker reads county results pages every few minutes on election night and hourly through Nov 13; towns and counties that post scans or PDFs are entered by hand. A count here can trail the county's own page, so check the source for the latest. Maine's Secretary of State does not report local questions, so its towns' counts come from each town.

The data behind the page: results.json (also as results.csv) and the race registry, races.json. Link to any race with its address (open a race and use Copy link).

Built by Redbud Consulting, a polling, qualitative research and data strategy firm. Questions or corrections: redbud.consulting.