Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Tax increase vote draws big crowd | Fox10tv.com

Tax increase vote draws big crowd | Fox10tv.com: "DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - UPDATE 10:01p.m. The proposed one-cent sales tax increase in Baldwin County has passed. Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to decide whether or not to approve the tax increase. According to the unofficial totals, the tax passed with 59 percent of voters supporting and 41 percent of voters opposing.

5:38 p.m. Election officials said typically the turnout for a special election is low, but that was not expected for Tuesday's referendum."