Ballot Measures:
Question 1 and Question 3
A diverse coalition of businesses, advocacy organizations, citizens groups and political leaders have joined together to defeat Question 3, an initiative that would cut the state’s sales tax rate from 6.25 to 3 percent, resulting in an annual revenue loss of $2.5 billion. Question 1 would remove the sales tax on alcohol which was just added last year in order to raise $80 million for substance abuse programs.