Briefs: NM spaceport tax vote fails; Election day and space
/-- Spaceport tax turned down by voters - Alamogordo Daily News
/-- Spaceport tax heading to defeat in Otero County, NM - Personal Spaceflight.
/-- One other space-related election today - Space Politics
Two other counties that are more closely tied to the facility did pass tax referendums previously. The failure of this one is not especially surprising considering that (1) it seems pretty clear that the project would proceed anyway and (2) voters don't usually go for additional taxes during an economic crisis. Perhaps the state will eventually try the vote again after the project has made some construction progress and with some sweeteners added in for the county.
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Jeff Foust has posted a whole bunch of other entries concerning space related election results on his Space Politics blog.
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