{"id":148531,"date":"2026-11-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148531"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:15:07","slug":"wciv-dorchester-county-where-we-are-voters-approve-one-cent-education-sales-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148531","title":{"rendered":"(WCIV) Dorchester County (where we are) voters approve one-cent education sales tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorchester County voters have approved a new one-cent education sales tax that will help fund school construction, renovations and other improvements in Dorchester School Districts Two and Four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 100% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, unofficial election results showed 31,643 voters, or 59.96%, supported the referendum, while 21,128 voters, or 40.04%, voted against it. The tax is expected to take effect April 1, 2027, and will remain in place for up to 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/the-days-of-the-graveyard-may-be-numbered-440e8794\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(WCIV) Dorchester County voters approve one-cent education sales tax https:\/\/t.co\/L8ksJ4XiDY 59.96% supported the referendum, while 21,128 voters, or 40.04%, voted against it #southcarolina #midtermelections #lowcountrylife #taxes #politics #midterms2026<\/p>&mdash; Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KendallHarmon6\/status\/2117931574184362069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorchester County voters have approved a new one-cent education sales tax that will help fund school construction, renovations and other improvements in Dorchester School Districts Two and Four. With 100% of precincts reporting Tuesday night, unofficial election results showed 31,643<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148531\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,615,151,587],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina","category-city-government","category-politics-in-general","category-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148534,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148531\/revisions\/148534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}