Across North Carolina, our communities rely on strong public services to live well and get ahead — from safe public school buildings and good pay for educators to reliable emergency services, libraries, and water and sewer systems. Paying for these services requires reliable public funding that is made possible through good tax policy. 

We need your help to get more local government leaders on the record against these amendments and to communicate what the impacts will be on local budgets now.   

Amendments on the ballot in November would limit the primary sources of funding for state and local budgets: income and property tax put limits on voting today and future voters’ ability to have a say in the priorities policymakers pursue. 

We’ve crunched the numbers and the impacts on your local community will be significant. 

• The tax amendments together limit local funding for teaching positions, emergency response, and more, because they limit the two major sources of funding for public services: income taxes at the state level and property taxes at the local level.  You can check out just what this would mean for your community here. 

• The property tax amendment would take away local budget decisions from local leaders and give that power to legislators in Raleigh, who would then limit revenue collections while costs are going up.  You can check out more about this here. 

• The income tax amendment would block future lawmakers from raising the rate above 3.5 percent on income over a million dollars and profitable corporations.  The result?  Missed opportunities to invest in public education and our children’s future.  Check out the research here.