Nearly half of North Carolina’s counties (46) have now asked voters to consider a sales tax increase, land-transfer tax increase, or both. Voters in eight counties have approved tax increases (always the sales tax), while 38 counties have rejected them.
Voters have faced a total of 57 votes on these issues. (Some counties placed both ideas on the ballot in November. Some asked voters who rejected a tax in November to reconsider it Tuesday.)
Votes on the land-transfer tax are 0 for 20. Nineteen counties have considered and rejected it. (Gates County has rejected it twice.)
Votes on the sales tax are 8 for 37. Because Cumberland voted against it before voting for it (why does John Kerry come to mind?) and because a couple of other counties have rejected the measure twice, a total of 26 counties have rejected the sales tax any time it’s been placed on the ballot.
