A sign encouraged Elmore County voters to vote no on the Enhance Elmore tax plan — Photo from WAKA Action 8 News

Elmore County voters have overwhelmingly voted no to the Enhance Elmore tax plan.

With nearly 97% of the votes counted, unofficial results show 93% of voters said no to raising taxes, compared to 6.5% who voted yes.

The raw vote total was 12,038 no votes to 843 yes votes.

The turnout was a little more than 20%.

The Enhance Elmore plan would have generated $4.5 million per year to build a new jail, increase funding for the county volunteer fire departments and fund infrastructure improvements, like new roads and bridges.

Voters would have paid a flat annual $25 assessment on land, $150 on homes and $300 on commercial properties.

County leaders said that if the plan was tur

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