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A proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution exempting former prisoners of war from paying property taxes on their home passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night.
Named the Missouri Prisoner of War Property Tax Exemption, Amendment 2, with nearly all votes counted statewide, the ballot measure got 66 percent of the votes, while 34 percent voted against the measure.
In Eastern Jackson County, 77,155 (68.28 percent) voted for the amendment, while 35,840 (31.72 percent) voted against it, according to unofficial results.
The amendment will exclude those citizens who are former prisoners of war and have a total service-connected disability from paying property taxes according to votesmart.org.
The number of qualified former POWs and the amount of each exemption are unknown, though estimates place the number low enough that the cost to local governmental entities would be minimal, according to information on votesmart.org.
State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal of St. Louis County sponsored the amendment.
A proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution exempting former prisoners of war from paying property taxes on their home passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night.
Named the Missouri Prisoner of War Property Tax Exemption, Amendment 2, with nearly all votes counted statewide, the ballot measure got 66 percent of the votes, while 34 percent voted against the measure.
In Eastern Jackson County, 77,155 (68.28 percent) voted for the amendment, while 35,840 (31.72 percent) voted against it, according to unofficial results.
The amendment will exclude those citizens who are former prisoners of war and have a total service-connected disability from paying property taxes according to votesmart.org.
The number of qualified former POWs and the amount of each exemption are unknown, though estimates place the number low enough that the cost to local governmental entities would be minimal, according to information on votesmart.org.
State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal of St. Louis County sponsored the amendment.
