GRANITEVILLE, Vt. (WCAX) - Voters in Central Vermont said no to a new technical education center.

A $149 million bond for a new Central Vermont Career Center was on the ballot on Tuesday.

Officials say the vote failed on a count of 5,751-3,873.

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CVCC said the tech center was needed because the current location at Spaulding High School is at capacity, with hundreds on the waiting list.

But some voters we talked to were hesitant about the price tag.

The bond was expected to increase taxes, but CVCC leaders said it was hard to know by exactly how much, since the education funding formula i

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