North Carolina voters shouldn’t be asked to approve county sales tax increases on election days where turnout is considerably low, one expert says.
Published: Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 @ 7:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements
Published: Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 @ 2:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tuesday was a good day for alcohol proponents and supporters of bond measures
Published: Sunday, November 13th, 2016 @ 3:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in Jackson County went to the polls this week and voted pretty decisively — with 64 percent saying yes — to a local-option sales tax referendum
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 @ 8:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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An attorney and two Wake County voters have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new law calling for retention referendums for justices of the N.C. Supreme Court, claiming that the referendum, passed this year by the General Assembly, does not meet the definition of an election specified in...
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 3:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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F.H. Buckley, a law professor at George Mason University, recently has published a timely and comparative study: The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America. In it, Buckley compares and examines past and current political systems in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2014 @ 9:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember voting for a bond on the ballot? You know, those things city, county and the state government use to pay for things like prisons, schools, roads, and any number of things.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2014 @ 7:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bypassing statewide bond referendums has cost North Carolina taxpayers an estimated $261 million in extra interest payments on state debt since...
Published: Saturday, April 27th, 2013 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nov. 6 turned out to be a good day -- mostly -- for supporters of local bond referendums throughout North Carolina. Supporters of local sales tax increases across the state met with less success.
Published: Friday, December 14th, 2012 @ 1:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While there's no statewide referendum for North Carolina voters to decide during the Nov. 6 general election, citizens across the state will have the task of deciding 27 separate local ballot issues.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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