Superior voters approve increasing sales tax

In a special election held Tuesday, registered voters living within the corporate limits of Superior approved renewing the community’s economic development plan and increasing the city sales tax from 1 percent to 1.5 percent.

For the first time in the history of Superior, the voters were asked to vote by mail. Ballots were to be returned to the county clerk’s office in Nelson by 4:30 Tuesday. State law prohibited having a collection place in Superior and required the voters provide the postage to return the ballots which was about $1.25 per ballot.

Based upon the names of registered voters lis...