CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Residents of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, will cast their votes on a 1% sales tax increase in the November 2025 election.

Voters will get to decide in the fall whether they want to spend an extra cent for every dollar in sales tax to benefit the county’s public transportation system.

Here’s what to know.

County passes decision on to voters

On Aug. 6, the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of allowing the people to decide whether to implement a one-cent sales tax increase in the county. ,

The money accumulated from the sales tax increase would be used to modernize and enhance transportation systems in the Charlotte region and around the county.

The board’s Aug. 6 decision came after the PAVE Act was signed into state law in J

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