Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on December 3, 2003, to require all local and state primary, general, and special elections in the state, including school elections, to be held on one of four days during the year: the last Tuesday in February, or the Tuesday after the first Monday in either May, August, or November. This would not apply to special elections called to fill open statewide or legislative offices. The bill would allow a school district to call one special bond, millage or debt election per year on a Tuesday “floater” date that is not on one of the four proposed regular election dates, and is not within 35 days of one of them, if a petition is signed by at least 10 percent of the number of electors voting in the last gubernatorial election in that district, or 3,000 electors, whichever is less. The bill part of the election consolidation package comprised of House Bills 4820 to 4828. The new consolidated election system would go into effect in 2005

The vote was 29 in favor, 9 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 615 at Senate Journal 103)

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It's about time Hammerstrom. Now let's see it pass by the end of the session.

Let's keep these elections honest by having them when ALL voters are voting

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.

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.