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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hotel Tax Measure (August 2024)
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Oklahoma City Hotel Tax Measure was on the ballot as a referral in Oklahoma City on August 27, 2024. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported enacting an additional 3.75% tax on the gross proceeds or receipts from renting hotel rooms and distributing the revenue to convention and tourism development. |
A "no" vote opposed enacting an additional 3.75% tax on the gross proceeds or receipts from renting hotel rooms and distributing the revenue to convention and tourism development. |
Election results
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21,477 | 66.42% | ||
| No | 10,856 | 33.58% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Hotel Tax Measure was as follows:
| “ | SHALL ORDINANCE NO. 27,610 OF THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY BE APPROVED?
The Ordinance levies an additional excise tax of 3.75 percent upon the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from all rent for every occupancy of a room or rooms in a hotel in this City and earmarks the tax revenues exclusively for encouraging, promoting, and/or fostering the convention and/or tourism (visitor) development of the City by the following expenditures of said revenues: 75.0 percent shall be expended for any projects, items, costs and/or expenses that encourage, promote and/or foster the convention and/or tourism (visitor) development; 13.3 percent shall be expended for the sponsorship and/or promotion of events recommended by the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Commission and anticipated to enhance the local economy through increased convention and/or tourism (visitor) activity; 6.7 percent shall be expended for improvements to the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds, not including operational costs; and 5.0 percent shall be expended for improvements to the Oklahoma City Convention Center, not including operational costs. The Ordinance allows use of revenues to defray costs of collection, enforcement, administration, and implementation. The tax becomes effective at 12:00 am on October 1, 2024. | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the Oklahoma City Council.
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Oklahoma
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Oklahoma.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed April 27, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Oklahoma State Election Board, "Voter Registration in Oklahoma," accessed April 27, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed August 8, 2024
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Phase One of Online Vote Registration is LIVE!" accessed June 8, 2023
- ↑ Oklahoma State Election Board, "Oklahoma Voter Registration Application," accessed November 2, 2024
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Oklahoma State Election Board, "Facts about Proof of Identity for Voting in Oklahoma," accessed April 27, 2023
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