There are three constitutional amendment questions on your ballot. The parks bond appears only on City of Greensboro ballots. Right-to-work and right-to-farm did not make this ballot. Link to
Green ✓ = more closely matches Pedmont concerns: reduce income tax level, limit property tax increases and keep photo ID on every ballot.
Red ✗ = farther away from addresssing this set of concerns.
| Question | For / Yes | Against / No | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income tax ceiling — 7% down to 3.5% FOR / AGAINST: Constitutional amendment to keep the State income tax rate from being raised higher than three and one-half percent (3.5%). | Locks the constitutional ceiling at 3.5%. Current statutory rate is 3.99% and is already scheduled to fall. A later General Assembly could not raise the rate above 3.5% without another amendment. | ✓ | Leaves the constitutional ceiling at 7%. Future sessions could raise the statutory rate without going back to voters. Cities and schools that want more state formula money argue a hard cap starves later budgets. | ✗ |
| Property-tax levy limit on local governments FOR / AGAINST: Constitutional amendment requiring limits on property tax increases by local governments. | Orders the General Assembly to write a cap on how fast a local government’s total property-tax take can grow. After Guilford’s reappraisal fight, this is the statewide lever. It is not a cap on one household’s bill. | ✓ | Leaves counties and cities free to raise the total levy under current law. Implementing exceptions (schools, public safety) are not written yet. A No vote keeps that writing optional. | ✗ |
| Photo ID for every ballot, including mail FOR / AGAINST: Constitutional amendment to require all voters, not just those presenting to vote in person, to present photo identification before voting. | Puts photo ID in the constitution for every method, including absentee. In-person photo ID is already statute. A later session could not drop mail-ballot ID without another amendment. | ✓ | Leaves mail and other non-precinct methods under statute only. Opponents say a constitutional rule is harder to fix if a class of voters lacks ID. Current in-person ID law would still stand. | ✗ |
| Greensboro only — $11.5M parks bonds YES / NO: $11,500,000 parks and recreation bonds. Ballot states about $18.3M all-in with interest; about $2.80 per year per $100,000 of tax value. | New city debt for parks, land, and related facilities. Tax can be levied to pay principal and interest. City of Greensboro voters only. | ✗ | No new parks bond. No added levy for this issue. Existing park CIP and prior bond programs stay as they are. | ✓ |
Income tax ceiling — 7% down to 3.5%
FOR / AGAINST: keep the State income tax rate from being raised higher than 3.5%.
Locks the constitutional ceiling at 3.5%. Today’s statutory rate is 3.99%. A later session could not go above 3.5% without another amendment.
Leaves the ceiling at 7%. Future sessions could raise the statutory rate without going back to voters.
Property-tax levy limit on local governments
FOR / AGAINST: requiring limits on property tax increases by local governments.
Orders the General Assembly to cap growth in a local government’s total property-tax take. Not a cap on one household’s bill.
Leaves counties and cities free to raise the total levy under current law. Exceptions are not written yet.
Photo ID for every ballot, including mail
FOR / AGAINST: require all voters to present photo identification before voting.
Puts photo ID in the constitution for every method, including absentee. In-person ID is already statute.
Leaves mail and other non-precinct methods under statute only. In-person ID law would still stand.
Greensboro only — $11.5M parks bonds
YES / NO: $11.5 million parks bonds; about $18.3 million with interest; about $2.80 a year per $100,000 of tax value.
New city debt. Tax can be levied to pay principal and interest. Greensboro voters only.
No new parks bond. No added levy for this issue.
Matches the Piedmont concern set:
FOR / YES on 3 constitutional amendments
AGAINST / NO on the Greensboro bond
What a Piedmont taxpayer needs to know
The income-tax question does not cut today’s 3.99% rate by itself. It drops the constitutional ceiling from 7% to 3.5% so a later session cannot raise the rate above 3.5% without another statewide vote.
The property question does not cap one house’s bill. It orders the General Assembly to limit growth in a local government’s total levy. The exceptions (schools, public safety, or none) are not on this ballot. Guilford’s 2026 bill still uses 2025 values under the SB 889 moratorium; 2026 reappraisal values are slated for the 2027 bill. The FY2027 county rate is 78.95¢. Those are separate from this amendment.
Photo ID for in-person voting is already statute. This amendment puts photo ID in the constitution for all methods, including mail.
Greensboro parks bond is city-only: $11.5 million principal, about $18.3 million with interest as printed on the ballot, about $2.80 a year per $100,000 of tax value. Readers who want the parks and will pay the levy mark Yes. The concern set used here treats a new levy as farther from tax restraint.
- Sources (public record)
- Ballotpedia 2026 NC measures · N&O Under the Dome Aug. 26, 2026 · HB 1089 / SL 2026-5; SB 1080 · Guilford UOCAVA notice (exact ballot language) · Carolina Journal on levy-limit ballot text · SB 889 reappraisal moratorium · Guilford FY2027 rate 78.95¢ · Our Piedmont tax brief · Confirm your ballot at vt.ncsbe.gov
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