The Special Election coming up on March 4th will be handled in the Marshall County Courthouse in the Auditor/Recorders office. Nan Benson, Marshall County Auditor/Recorder, talks about why they chose to do this special election in the Courthouse over the Election Center.
Benson does not believe this will be a busy election as only the unincorporated towns will be able to vote. She then goes on to explain what the March 4th Special Election is all about, which is Local Option Sales Tax or LOST
The 7% sales tax will be collected no matter what, LOST is a 1% tax that is part of the sales tax. That potential loss of funds is causing the departments to create 2 budgets this year during planning. One budget with the LOST dollars and another budget without.
Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB