The Nyack School District's proposed $26.4 million bond referendum passed with 1,508 yes votes to 1,414 no votes Tuesday.



The referendum allows the district to spend $5 million in reserves and bond for $21.4 million to pay for capital improvements to district facilities.



"The people have spoken," Nyack School Board Member Dan Juechter said. "The democratic process works."



The results were delayed for approximately an hour due to an issue with the machine in Valley Cottage, which also had the largest chunk of the vote. Board of Elections officials had to be brought in to reset the machine. The final results were announced at approximately 10:30 p.m.



The breakdown of the votes by location was as follows:

