Michigan voters will head to the polls to vote in the state's primary election on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. While some states allow all voters to cast ballots prior to Election Day, Michigan does not have early voting. Qualified Michigan voters can cast absentee ballots prior to Election Day. For more information on absentee voting, click here.
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Here's a list of local issues that will appear on the ballot. To find your polling location and view a sample ballot, click here.
Hillsdale County
Camden-Frontier Schools – Bonding Proposal
(Hillsdale*, Branch)
Shall Camden-Frontier School, Hillsdale and Branch Counties, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($170,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, for the purpose of: acquiring and installing educational technology and equipping and re-equipping school facilities for educational technology? The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2012, is 0.5 mill ($0.50 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is three (3) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 0.49 mill ($0.49 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).
Hanover-Horton School District -- Millage Renewal Proposal
(Hillsdale, Jackson)
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Hanover-Horton School District, Jackson and Hillsdale Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 1 mill ($1.00 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2012 to 2016, inclusive, to continue to provide for a sinking fund for the construction or repair of school buildings and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2012 is approximately $245,608?
Lenawee County
Ridgeway Township – Proposition 1
Shall the increase in the tax limitations imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution in Ridgeway Township be restored by a renewal of 1.8234 mills ($1.8234 per $1,000 of taxable value) and an increase of .1766 mill ($.1766 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of 2012 through 2019 inclusive for road and bridge maintenance, repair and construction and shall the township levy such millage upon taxable real and personal property within the Township for said purpose thereby raising an estimated $112, 828 in the first year the millage is levied.
Ridgeway Township – Proposition 2
Shall the increase in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution in Ridgeway Township be restored by a renewal of .9771 mill ($.9771 per $1,000 of taxable value and an increase of .0229 mill ($.0229 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of 2012 through 2017 inclusive for fire department maintenance and improvements and shall the township levy such millage upon taxable real and personal property within the Township for said purpose thereby raising an estimated $56,414 in the first year the millage is levied.
Seneca Township – Increase of Tax Limitation
Shall the increase in the tax limitation imposed under Article IX, Section 6, of the Michigan Constitution in Seneca Township, be restored by a renewal of 1.9202 mills ($1.9202 per $1,000 of taxable value) and an increase of .0798 mills ($.0798 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period of five years, 2012 through 2016 inclusive, for road and bridge maintenance, repair, and construction, and shall the Township levy such a millage upon taxable real and personal property within the Township for said purpose, thereby raising an estimated $85,767.00 in the first year the millage is levied?
Tecumseh Local Schools – Millage Proposal
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Tecumseh Public Schools, Lenawee County, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed .25 mill ($0.25 mill on each $1,000.00 of taxable valuation) for a period of 5 years, 2012 to 2016, inclusive, for the purpose of providing funds for operating a system of public recreation and playgrounds; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect for such recreation program if the millage is approved and levied in 2012 is approximately $140,750?
Monroe County
*There are no levies on the ballot in Monroe County.