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The measure failed by 116 votes after 49.2% of voters opposed the increase, according to unofficial results.
Franklin County voters on Tuesday said no to a proposed hike in the lodging tax applied to short-term rentals. The measure, which would have raised the tax on short-term rentals such as hotel rooms and vacation stays, received 2,498 nay votes, or 49.2 percent, and 2,382 yes votes, or 46.9 percent. Voters in Apalachicola and...