Special Sales & Use Tax - Question 2
Beaufort County, South Carolina
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 65 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 195,289 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(5,296,225 ÷ 195,289) ÷ ln(50,000) = 65.25, measured against a statewide vote in SC (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Public Infrastructure
Beaufort County would be allowed to borrow up to $450,000,000 by issuing general obligation bonds so the road projects in Question 1 can be built sooner. The bonds would mature within nine years and be repaid from the 1% special sales and use tax in Question 1, not from a separate property tax. This question only works if Question 1 also passes.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
The county can issue up to $450,000,000 in general obligation bonds, repaid over no more than nine years out of the Question 1 sales tax, letting it start the listed road and intersection projects up front instead of waiting for tax revenue to accumulate.
A NO vote means
The county cannot issue those bonds, so any projects funded under Question 1 must be built as the sales tax revenue comes in over the life of the tax rather than financed in advance.
Sources: beaufortcountypenny.com · vrems.scvotes.sc.gov