Mesa, Arizona, Question 6, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018)
| Question 6: Mesa Hotel Tax Increase |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
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| Topic: |
| Local hotel tax |
| Related articles |
| Local hotel tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Arizona Maricopa County, Arizona ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Mesa, Arizona |
A proposal to collect an additional 1.00 percent transient lodging (hotel) tax, beginning on March 1, 2019, was on the ballot for Mesa voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the city to collect an additional 1.00 percent hotel—raising the tax to 6.00 percent—beginning on March 1, 2019. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing the city to collect an additional 1.00 percent hotel—raising the tax to 6.00 percent—beginning on March 1, 2019. |
Election results
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Mesa, Arizona, Question 6, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 74,137 | 49.95% | ||
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74,293 | 50.05% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall Mesa, to provide funding to promote tourism, which may include funding for the Mesa Plays Youth Sports & Events Complex, be authorized to impose and collect an additional 1.00% transient lodgining (bed) tax, increasing the transient lodging (bed) tax from 5.00% to 6.00%, beginning on March 1, 2019?[2] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Mesa, Arizona.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Mesa, "Text of Measures As They Will Appear On Ballot," accessed August 9, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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