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Unofficial Cap Tax and Constitutional Amendment A Results
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1 month agoon
By
Ron Richter
Ballot Proposition #1, continuation of the Sheridan County One Percent Specific Purpose Capital Facilities Tax, or “Cap Tax” was approved by Sheridan County voters during Tuesday’s General Election. Sheridan County voters approved the Cap Tax in 1989, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2013 and 2020. Revenue collected from the tax funds infrastructure projects in Sheridan, Sheridan County, Clearmont, Dayton and Ranchester. The total amount that will be collected is $40 million.
Constitutional Amendment A, which would separate residential real property into its own class of property for purposes of property tax assessments, was approved by Cowboy State voters. The amendment that was approved by voters authorizes the State Legislature to create a subclass of owner occupied primary residences. The results are unofficial. The County Canvassing Board will convene on Thursday, November 7 at 8:30 am to begin the process of certifying the Sheridan County 2024 General Election results. More election results can be found here.
Ezra Petersen
November 7, 2024 at 11:30 am
Apparently the voters did not believe the ludicrous numbers put out by the anti cap tax misinformation campaign. Their claim of it costing an average family 5,000 dollars was nuts. 5000 times 100 is 500,000. You would have to spend 500000 on taxable items in Sheridan county for that 1% to cost you 5000. If you are registering a new Ferrari in the next couple years then I guess you might hit that. Though I suspect the new Ferrari buying crowd wasn’t as wound up about this tax as some. If a contractor works on a project funded by this tax then that money stays in the community and pays wages for local workers, renting equipment buying materials etc. A tax specifically for projects isn’t a bad idea, it’s not headed to fund a federal alphabet agency it stays right here and benefits the economy, not to the detriment like the side that lost claimed. Heck even the boondoggle next to the courthouse had an economic benefit to local companies.
Dennis Fox
November 8, 2024 at 2:14 pm
For the first time in history, voters got to hear the “Pro-Low-Tax” side of the issue. And a record high number of voters, opted to get rid of this totally un-needed Excess tax.
Just like last time, 42% of voters rejected the idea of re-imposing the state’s highest county sales tax, at 6%.
6,520 voters know the truth, that lower taxes are always better.
And Remember, you only have to pay the 6% sales tax if you shop locally. The sound of thousands of wallets slamming shut will have a lasting effect on Sheridan county.
Six percent of nothing is…..let me do the math…nothing!
Ezra Petersen
November 9, 2024 at 4:24 pm
Dennis it will have a negligible effect on people’s spending, if any. Almost every online transaction now charges sales tax, and most of the people who voted against it treat the county line like an intentional boundary so inevitably they will have to purchase welding rod to fix their decrepit H brace in town.
Dennis E Fox
November 11, 2024 at 4:22 pm
Lower taxes are always better for everyone. You would be amazed at how little we have to spend on local items if we really think about it.
Most voters in history, 42%, to Reject the Cap Tax. A rebellion has begun.
6% of zero is always ZERO.
Dennis E Fox
November 12, 2024 at 1:05 pm
If just 1000 voters had changed their vote from ” For” to “Against” in the 2022 election, we’d have a lower, more affordable 5% sales tax today.
Likewise, if just 1300 voters had done the same this time, we would have dropped the rate to 5%.
(once the full $40 million is collected).
The Tax rebellion is growing, as more people wake up to the simple Truth that:
Lower Taxes are Better.