Forney's $49.5 million library and recreation bond trails in unofficial results
Unofficial results show more votes against the $49.5 million library and recreation bond. Forney schedules the canvass for November 17.
Illustrative stock photograph: Element5 Digital / Unsplash. Not a photograph of the Forney election.
FORNEY, Texas - Votes against Forney's $49.5 million library and recreation-center bond proposition outnumbered votes for it in Kaufman County's unofficial November 3, 2026 election results.
The county reported 4,865 votes against Proposition A, or 51.96%, and 4,498 votes for it, or 48.04%. The total was 9,363 votes. Those figures remain unofficial.
The proposal called for a single combined facility with two uses: a city-owned recreation center leased to and operated by the YMCA, and a city-owned and city-operated municipal library. The ballot proposition also called for a tax sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds, according to the city's election information page.
What comes next
The city says the results are scheduled for formal approval through canvassing at the Tuesday, November 17 City Council meeting. The meeting is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 101 E. Main Street in Forney.
Residents can check the city's election information page and Kaufman County's results page for updates. The scheduled canvass is the next confirmed step described by the city; it does not, by itself, identify a replacement project or another bond election.
