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7 <br /> Page 43 <br /> Ballot test on broadening the tax and <br /> keeping a 5% rate <br /> Not sure <br /> 5% <br /> I i !q 9; <br /> I , <br /> No <br /> 37% <br /> Yes <br /> 58% <br /> Including those who leaned for and against, 57.8 percent of the respondents support the <br /> measure to broaden the telephone tax and maintain the five percent rate, 37 percent oppose it <br /> and 5.3 percent are unsure. If the undecideds are removed to simulate an election, the support <br /> for this measure increases to 61 percent. Those most likely to support the measure included <br /> those who think five percent is too low, those who would keep the tax at five percent, Asian- <br /> American voters, African-American voters, those who support applying the tax to all calls, <br /> and those who support both broadening the tax and reducing the rate. <br /> Then, those respondents who were opposed to or undecided on the previous question were <br /> read a second ballot question that also broadened the tax but reduced the tax rate on <br /> telephone calls from five to four percent. <br /> Shall an ordinance be adopted to reduce the rate of the utility users tax on telecommunications and video <br /> services from five percent to four percent, requires voter approval of rate increases, modernizes <br /> telecommunication and video service definitions so that taxpayers are treated the same regardless of the <br /> technology they use, and which tax is used to fund capital improvements such as building, replacing, <br /> renovating and maintaining community facilities, with all expenditures subject to an annual audit? <br /> Ballot test on reducing the rate to 4% <br /> among those who OPPOSED the 5% rate <br /> Not sure <br /> 10% <br /> Yes <br /> 39% <br /> No � <br /> 51% <br /> -9- <br />