North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue.

Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office said Friday that backers submitted more than enough signatures to qualify the constitutional initiative for the November general election. Voters rejected a similar measure in 2012.

Property taxes are the base funding for numerous local government services, including sewers, water, roads, jails, deputies, school building construction and teacher salaries — “pretty much the most basic of government,” said North Dakota Association of Counties Executive Director Aaron Birst.

  • @ayyy
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    51 month ago

    Calling the Associated Press “left” is just a blatant admittance that the right’s ideas are not based on facts and reality. This bot is trash propaganda and I call on mods everywhere to ban it.

    • @timbuck2themoon
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      21 month ago

      Blocked that dumbass bot. It’s truly awful.