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Voters in Elmore County rejected a proposed tax increase in a special election.

The proposal included new annual fees on property and an additional tax on tobacco products.

Revenue from the tax would have funded a new jail, judicial complex expansion and fire departments.

WETUMPKA − An Elmore County tax increase to fund a range of county infrastructure improvements was soundly defeated in a special election Tuesday, according to incomplete, unofficial results.

With 27 of 31 boxes reporting Tuesday night, about 90 percent had voted against the tax according to results posted on the Elmore County probate judge's website.

"We asked the citizens of Elmore County on Nov. 4 if they wanted to provide the county commission with additional revenue to build a new jail and t

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