Did the vote ever include the option to abolish the tax?
“Did the vote ever include the option to abolish the tax?”
Most if not all of the tax proposals are for new taxes, increased taxes, or renewals of old taxes.
If people would vote “no” on the renewal of an old tax it would effectively abolish the tax. I don’t recall if that has happened or not, but people had the opportunity.
I don’t know if there were ever any permanent taxes put to the vote, but if so they could be put on the ballot to be abolished.
And we have had proposed new taxes voted down. Most of the renewals seem to be for fire departments, law enforcement, road work, and schools. School tax levies get voted down sometimes, which irritates a certain segment of the population. Fire department, law enforcement, and road work tax levies don’t get voted down so much but it depends on what the purpose is.
Personally, I have voted for some tax levies and against some. Sometimes I’m on the winning side and sometimes not.