NJ ballot question results: From alcohol to Woodrow Wilson School

The presidential, congressional and U.S. Senate races were in the political spotlight on Tuesday but there were several ballot questions that voters also got to decide.

NJ ELECTION RESULTS: See how NJ voted

The questions and results

✅ Clinton Township voters overwhelmingly approved an Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Trust Fund, 71% to 29%. The trust will be funded by a property tax of up to 2 cents per $100 of assessed property value.

✅ A $2.8 million bond issue in the Franklin Township school district in Hunterdon County to fund improvements to the school passed 51% to 49%.

✅ Haddon Heights voters approved a measure to allow the sale of alcohol.

✅ Voters in Jamesburg approved for the second time in three years a non-binding question advising the Borough Council to allow recreational marijuana retailers.  And for a second time, voters gave their approval, this time by a vote of 55% to 45%.

✅ Mountainside voters approved a referendum that would raise $685,000 to reinstate teaching positions that had been cut due to budget shortfalls.

✅ In Neptune City, voters want former President Woodrow Wilson to remain as the namesake of a public school. The vote was 70% to 30%.

✅ Sayreville voters approved a non-binding question in support of a $3 million preservation of the town hall/firehouse that dates back to 1909. The vote was 66%-34%.

❌ South Brunswick voters turned down a $350,000 referendum to fund recreational activities and hire a recreational manager. The vote was 54% to 46%. Approval would have allowed residents to use the school's facilities

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