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The National Safety Council estimates that riding the bus is over 170 times safer than automobile travel.
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Center for Transportation Excellence
1030 15th Street NW
Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 349-1037
Fax: (202) 318-1429
info@cfte.org
www.cfte.org
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South Carolina
Capital: Columbia
Population: 4,063,011
Major Metropolitan Areas: Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
Federal Transportation Spending: $482,136,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)
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State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in South Carolina.
State Election Site: http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/
County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/votereg.htm
Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/South%20Carolina.htm
Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/sc.html
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Community/Region
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Type Of Measure |
Ballot Date |
Result |
| 2004 |
Charleston |
Sales Tax |
11/2/2004 |
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| Description |
| After the Supreme Court overruled the 2002 transit tax that voters approved due to ballot language errors, the county wide 1/2˘ sales tax to fund transit, greenspace, and roads is again on the ballot |
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Community/Region
for initiative |
Type Of Measure |
Ballot Date |
Result |
| 2003 |
Fort Mill |
Sales tax
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11/4/2003 |
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| Description |
| Council leaders are discussing whether to hold a referendum on Nov. 4, asking voters to continue the one-cent sales tax for another seven years to pay for additional road work in the area
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Community/Region
for initiative |
Type Of Measure |
Ballot Date |
Result |
| 2002 |
Charleston County |
1/2-cent sales tax increase. 25-year window
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11/5/2002 |
Passed, but Supreme Court overturned |
| Description |
| 70% for roads and drainage, 17% for transit, 13% for green space and parkland development.
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Community/Region
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Type Of Measure |
Ballot Date |
Result |
| 2000 |
Charleston County |
Sales tax measure
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11/7/2000 |
Failed - 51% to 49%.
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| 1/2-cent sales tax increase for roads and transit. 35% for mass transit.
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| STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=southcarolina
APTA State Page (Info. on transit
agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/sc.cfm
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