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PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI: “Street Sales Tax” (2013)
PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI: “Street Sales Tax” (2013) Case Study – Platte County – 2013
LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA: Local Gasoline Tax Increase (2013)
This victorious local government campaign to increase the gasoline tax in Leon County, Florida was implemented in September 2013. The Leon County Commission passed this five-cents-per-gallon gasoline tax increase in 2013, where only two members of the Leon County Commission voted against the tax increase. [...]
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Gasoline Tax Referendum (2012)
This unsuccessful ballot initiative campaign in Memphis, Tennessee failed to pass a new one-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax referendum. In 2012, the Memphis City Council passed legislation to allow Memphis voters to confirm the one-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax increase proposal. With a vote of eight to three, the [...]
Alameda County, California: Transaction & Use Extension—Measure B1 (2012)
This ballot referendum campaign in Alameda, California failed in the November 2012 election by roughly 700 votes. The ballot measure received 66.53 percent of the vote, thus failing to secure 66.67 percent of voter approval required for ballot measures in California. Measure B1 proposed extending [...]
RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: General Sales Tax Referendum (2010)
This unsuccessful ballot initiative campaign to increase transportation funding was narrowly defeated by a 1.88 margin in the 2010 election. The plan would have increased Richland County’s general sales tax from seven cents to eight cents, and the initiative would have generated $1 billion over [...]
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