Introduction
In the 2026 Uniform Municipal Election held on March 10, 2026, the City of Boca Raton voters decided on four city council seats and two questions. A sample ballot can be found here Sample-Ballot—Municipal-Election—March-2026-PDF-. This article focuses on a precinct voting analysis of the two Boca Raton 2026 referendum ballot questions which were defeated by large margins. For an analysis of the City Council results, see Les Wilson’s article 2026 City Council Election Results.
On March 13th the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections posted the detailed results of the March 10th election on their website: Reports – Election Night Reporting. BocaFirst has summarized the results to the precinct level in easy-to-read graphical images.
Question 1
This question asks residents to vote on the issuance of bonds to fund a new police headquarters building. The plan presented was to demolish the existing police headquarters building located at NW 2nd Ave and NW 2nd St. The police headquarters function would then be moved to a new building on city owned land near the Spanish River library.
Following is a map of the city overlaid with 38 voting precincts. Each precinct is colored according to which result (YES or NO) prevailed. The victory in votes and as a percentage is also shown.
The following table summarizes the Question 1 precinct voting results based on geographical location within the city.
The results show a clear rejection of the plan to issue bonds for a new police headquarters. Anecdotal feedback indicates that voters were more concerned about the process, plan and priorities for the new headquarters rather than the need for one.
Future activities regarding the police headquarters should focus on presenting several creative alternative plans to residents for review and approval.
Question 2
This question asks residents to vote on agreements to lease city-owned land to a private company for 99 years. In return for this, the private company would develop the land and commit to providing financial returns to the city. This is known as a public-private partnership or P3. The scope of the project has been significantly scaled back from what was initially envisioned.
The current project scope includes land around the Brightline station and is intended to create a transit-oriented district. This would include a high-density mixed-use community.
Here is a visualization of the results of Question 2 voting.
The following table summarizes the Question 2 precinct voting results based on geographical location within the city.
Results show that voters rejected the agreements with the private company by three to one. Anecdotal evidence suggests voter concerns regarding the risks to the city of such a long-term financial arrangement as well as negative impacts to existing quality of life factors.
Next steps should include developing several creative alternative plans for upgrading or replacing the city-owned facilities
Summary
Presented, in easy-to-read graphical format, are the results of Boca Raton 2026 ballot questions regarding city-owned land use. One question focuses on a bond issue to replace the current police headquarters and the second question centers on leasing city-owned land for development.
Both questions were defeated by a majority of residents. Next steps should include creating some alternative plans for both issues and getting resident consensus on the plans before city approval.
