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Voters turn down revenue option referendums in 15 counties
Voters in 15 counties on Nov. 4 rejected quarter-cent sales tax and 0.4 percent land transfer tax options.
Anson, Burke, Caswell, Cherokee, Chowan, Columbus, Guilford, Henderson, Hertford, Jones, Mitchell, Onslow and Person were seeking the sales tax option, while Polk and Tyrrell were pursuing the land transfer tax.
| 2008 Local Option Revenue Referendums (updated
Nov. 5) |
| County | Revenue option | When | Outcome |
| Alexander | Sales | Jan. 8 | Successful |
| Anson | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Ashe | Land transfer | May 6 | Defeated |
| Burke | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Caswell | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Cherokee | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Chowan | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Clay | Land transfer | Aug. 29 | Defeated |
| Columbus | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Cumberland | Sales | May 6 | Successful |
| Duplin | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Edgecombe | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Gaston | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Gates | Land transfer | May 6 | Defeated |
| Greene | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Guilford | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Guilford | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Haywood | Sales | May 6 | Successful |
| Henderson | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Henderson | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Hertford | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Hertford | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Jones | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Lee | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Lincoln | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Mitchell | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Moore | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Nash | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Onslow | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Onslow | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Orange | Land transfer | May 6 | Defeated |
| Person | Sales | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Polk | Land transfer | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Randolph | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Rockingham | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Stanly | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Tyrrell | Land transfer | May 6 | Defeated |
| Tyrrell | Land transfer | Nov. 4 | Defeated |
| Wayne | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Wilkes | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| Wilson | Sales | May 6 | Defeated |
| 2008 summary of referendums |
| Date | Sales | Success | Defeated | Land transfer | Success | Defeated |
| Jan. 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 6 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Aug. 29 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov. 4 | 13 | 0 |
13 |
2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 34 | 3 |
31 |
7 | 0 |
7 |
| Nov. 6, 2007, referendum results |
| County | Revenue option | Result |
| Brunswick | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Catawba | 0.25 percent sales tax | Passed |
| Chatham | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Columbus | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Cumberland | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Davie | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Davie | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Gates | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Graham | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Graham | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Greene | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Harnett | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Harnett | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Henderson | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Hertford | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Hoke | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Johnston | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Johnston | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Lenoir | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Macon | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Martin | 0.25 percent sales tax | Passed |
| Moore | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Pender | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Pitt | 0.25 percent sales tax | Passed |
| Robeson | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Rutherford | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Rutherford | 0.25 percent sales tax | Failed |
| Sampson | 0.25 percent sales tax | Passed |
| Surry | 0.25 percent sales tax | Passed |
| Swain | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Union | 0.4 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
| Washington | 1 percent land transfer tax | Failed |
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