Special Sales & Use Tax - Question 1
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Infrastructure
Beaufort County would add a 1% sales tax for up to nine years or until it collects $780 million, with $326 million for intersections and safety, $205 million for road widening, and $249 million for repaving, including Daufuskie Island. You would pay 1 cent more per dollar on purchases in the county.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Beaufort County Council (Ordinance 2026/30)
The county's elected council. It acted on advice from its 2026 Transportation Advisory Committee. A county sales tax like this needs voter approval.
Source: beaufortcountypenny.com
A YES vote means
The county charges the 1% sales tax, within the time and dollar limits, for the listed road projects.
A NO vote means
The county would not charge this 1% sales tax.
No financial records found for this ballot measure.
Source: vrems.scvotes.sc.gov