North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue.

Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office said Friday that backers submitted more than enough signatures to qualify the constitutional initiative for the November general election. Voters rejected a similar measure in 2012.

Property taxes are the base funding for numerous local government services, including sewers, water, roads, jails, deputies, school building construction and teacher salaries — “pretty much the most basic of government,” said North Dakota Association of Counties Executive Director Aaron Birst.

    • mad_asshatter
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      591 month ago

      That’ll show them socialist fascist commie lefty groomers.

      • @[email protected]
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        671 month ago

        “What do you mean we have no police,fire,schools,water,roads? What happened?”-- dumbasses who ended property tax at the urging of the wealthy

        • @clearedtoland
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          221 month ago

          Oh this is curious! Cause the solution would be for those services to be privatized. I wonder how many would pay for those services.

          “No, Jimmy. You don’t need to go to skool. Now go change bale the hay.”

          • @[email protected]
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            131 month ago

            Sure thing daddy-brother!!

            gets mangled in the baler because he’s an idiot then dies because they closed down the firestation and first responders

          • @jumjummy
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            81 month ago

            What do you mean putting out the fire in my house costs me $25k?

        • @UnderpantsWeevil
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          61 month ago

          What do you mean we have no police,fire,schools,water,roads?

          Somehow there’s always money in the banana stand for more cops.

    • @Sgt_choke_n_stroke
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      Look what happend to kansas after they cut taxes like that. Libertarianism fails faster than communist countries every time.

      • @misterztrite
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        01 month ago

        Is it they got a two term Democratic governor and asserted to not amend the Kansas constitution to specifically state abortion wasn’t included?