Campaign submits 10,000 signatures to refer payroll tax to Salem voters

The campaign to put Salem’s recently approved payroll tax to a public vote has submitted more than 10,000 signatures to the city over a week before the deadline to put the measure on the ballot.

Let Salem Vote!, the Political Action Committee leading the effort, announced the milestone in a Tuesday afternoon news release. Salem-based business group Oregon Business & Industry, which is the primary funder of the campaign, set a goal of 6,000…