A tax levy that was defeated in a special election in June, a setback that could cost Artesia Genera Hospital between $4 million and $7 million a year, is going before the voters again in this year’s general election.

Hospital officials said they were hopeful that problems with the mail-only format of the June election will be alleviatedin the second round of voting, along with misconceptions throughout the community as to what the levy revenue would pay for.

The levy, paid on property taxes for homeowners and businesses within the Artesia Special Hospital District which encompasses most of the city limits and about 10,000 voters, is used to supplement the hospital’s operating costs.

The district, which owns the land the hospital sits on, acts as a landlord while collecting the levy fro

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