Ballot Proposition. Prohibit New Grocery Taxes to Preempt a Local Soda Tax.

A ballot proposition in Oregon to prohibit new sales taxes on groceries, will effectively prohibit a local soda tax passed by Multnomah County.

Washington State voters will also vote on a ban on new grocery taxes but it will not apply retroactively like the Oregon proposal.

Governing | Groceries, Tampons, Tobacco: Voters Get to Decide What’s Taxed