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2003 Senate Bill 877 (Senate Roll Call 614)
Amendment offered by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas, III (D) on December 11, 2003, to eliminate the petition signature requirements, and allow a school district to call a special election on a "floater" date with a two-thirds vote of the school board. The amendment failed in the Senate (17 to 21) on December 11, 2003. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 17 in favor, 21 opposed, and 0 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 614 at Senate Journal 103)
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The following legislators supported the amendment:
| Barcia (D) | Basham (D) | Bernero (D) | Brater (D) | Cherry (D) | Clark-Coleman (D) |
| Clarke (D) | Emerson (D) | Jacobs (D) | Jelinek (R) | Leland (D) | Olshove (D) |
| Prusi (D) | Schauer (D) | Scott (D) | Switalski (D) | Thomas (D) |
The following legislators opposed the amendment:
The following legislators did not vote on the amendment:
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1) Interested Party [by Anonymous Citizen on December 19, 2003]I recently was contacted by someone who was asked to chair a campaign for a school millage election, but was told they wanted to keep it quiet, so those who opposed it last time wouldn't get the opportunity to vote against it this time. Something needs to change.
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We should pass this cause schools are setting voting dates when no one is here to vote except of course the school employees. so you have about 30 people showing up at the poles raising taxes for the other 20,000 in an average rural district. I have seen the school set dates in April or the second week of june when school is out- or the last week of August before school starts when of course the electorate are on last minute vacations.
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Let's keep these elections honest by having them when ALL voters are voting
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