The county registrar has received more than 51,000 ballots three
weeks into the special mail-in election to fund the county library
system. All ballots must be received by the Registrar of Voters by
8pm Tuesday, May 3.
The county registrar has received more than 51,000 ballots three weeks into the special mail-in election to fund the county library system. All ballots must be received by the Registrar of Voters by 8pm Tuesday, May 3.
The ballot contains Measures A and B, which would assess property taxes to fund the nine libraries in the county system, including those in Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
Measure A would extend for 10 years an annual $33.66 parcel tax and Measure B would levy an additional $12 annually. Measure B can not pass if Measure A fails.
All told, the registrar sent out 212, 331 ballots in early April.
This is the second time the county library system has asked voters to extend the tax, which would raise $5.4 million and cover about 20 percent of the system’s budget.
In March 2004, a measure fell 6 percentage points shy of the required two-thirds majority. Library general fund money cannot be spent for political campaigns.
