Politics & Government
Voters Still Narrowly Rejecting Pierce Transit Measure
The latest count from the Pierce County Auditor's Office shows the measure failing by 900 votes with about 80 percent of the ballots counted.
Pierce County voters are still narrowly rejecting Pierce Transit's proposed sales tax increase by a narrow margin.
The gap has remained small since Tuesday's election.
The latest count from the Pierce County Auditor's Office Thursday shows 78,963 of ballots cast against Proposition 1, or a little more than 50 percent, while 78,055 approved.
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That's a 908-vote difference.
To make up for lost revenue, the Lakewood agency is proposing a sales tax increase of three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) sales tax, or 3 cents on every $10 purchase, to maintain local bus service.
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The Auditor's Office has 74,900 ballots left to count.
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