Missouri Tobacco Tax, Judicial Ballot Questions Fail At The Polls
The most contested statewide ballot question asked if voters would raise tobacco taxes to fund education and anti-smoking initiatives. Other measures asked for changes in the selection of judges, and local control of the St. Louis Police Department.
Update 1:36 a.m. Wednesday with final update with 100 percent reporting Among the items on the ballot were four statewide ballot questions, the most notably contested was Proposition B, which would would increase tobacco taxes $0.0365 per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer's invoice price for roll-your-own tobacco and 15% for other tobacco products, according to the ballot language. Estimated revenues of at least $283 million would fund public education in Missouri along with smoking prevention programs. Yes: 49.2 % No: 50.8 % Other statewide questions: Yes: 63.9 % No: 36.1 % Yes: 24 % No: 76 % Yes: 61.8 % No: 38.2 %
Linda Sanford
1:40 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Angry non-smoking TAX payer We are taxed on everything we own, purchase and consume. The goverment officials sit around and think of new ways to get more tax dollars to spend. We are all ask to tighten our belt yet, the government does not do the same. One way they could get all the money they need is to put a new tax on gasoline. Say, $1.00 dollar per gallon for the state government and $1.00 … more ›