Voting in the 2023 Tuscaloosa County Special Election will end soon, with polls set to close at 7 p.m. Tuesday night.

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As previously reported, the Valentine's Day special election includes two ballot measures to determine if Tuscaloosa County residents increase their property taxes to provide funding for the Tuscaloosa County School System.

The measures combined would increase property tax by 8 mills, which translates to an extra $75 in taxes annually for every $100,000 of property county residents own. If passed, it would provide $15 million in revenue for TCSS every year for the next 30.

Here are the total votes in so far:

 VOTES PERCENT

           PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 52) .  .  .  .  .        49   94.23
           REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .    77,398
           BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .    13,297
           BALLOTS CAST - BLANK.  .  .  .  .  .  .         1     .01
           VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             17.18
           VOTER TURNOUT - BLANK  .  .  .  .  .  .

          LEVY OF A FIVE MILL SPECIAL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX
          (VOTE FOR)  1
              (WITH 49 OF 52 PRECINCTS COUNTED 94.23%)
           FOR proposed taxation  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,707   20.52
           AGAINST proposed taxation .  .  .  .  .    10,488   79.48
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        13
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        89

          LEVY OF A THREE MILL SPECIAL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX
          (VOTE FOR)  1
              (WITH 49 OF 52 PRECINCTS COUNTED 94.23%)
           FOR proposed taxation  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,890   21.88
           AGAINST proposed taxation .  .  .  .  .    10,321   78.12
              Over Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         1
             Under Votes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        85

Stay connected to this page for live election returns as they come in from around the county Tuesday night and for a report on the results after the final votes are counted.

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