CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - A sales tax increase is up for a vote in Champaign County. 

The county board approved adding a referendum on the November ballot.

Voters will be asked if they approve a quarter cent increase to the county's sales tax rate. 

The News Gazette reports the increase will help increase wages for correctional officers and add more sheriff's deputies to help with a new mental health focused court program. 

If approved, the county's total sales tax rate would be half a percent. 

It is estimated to bring in more than $7 million in additional revenue. 

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