Cochise County is wrapping up its public meetings for its proposed jail district, which includes a half-cent increase to the area's sales tax. The county held a meeting in Sierra Vista on Wednesday to continue sharing the new ballot measure, voters will see in November.

Two years ago, voters approved the half-cent increase through an all-mail ballot special election. The Board of Supervisors settled a lawsuit earlier this year. The lawsuit claimed the special election was done improperly. Part of the settlement was to suspend the tax collection and have the tax on a ballot during a general election.

The Supervisors have changed the ballot language, decreasing the length of it and to strictly cover the construction and design of the new jail.

"We want to build this jail and then pay it o

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