Lansing, Michigan, Police and Fire Department Facilities Bond Measure (November 2022)
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Lansing Bond Measure was on the ballot as a referral in Lansing on November 8, 2022. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported issuing $175.00 million in bonds for police and fire department facilities and other public safety buildings. |
A "no" vote opposed issuing $175.00 million in bonds for police and fire department facilities and other public safety buildings. |
Election results
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19,649 | 53.51% | ||
| No | 17,073 | 46.49% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Bond Measure was as follows:
| “ | Shall the City of Lansing, Ingham and Eaton Counties, Michigan, be authorized to borrow the sum of not to exceed One Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($175,000,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of:
erecting, acquiring and equipping new public safety buildings and the sites for such buildings, including but not limited to, police department facilities and fire department stations and training centers, court(s), detention and other related facilities; rehabilitating and updating existing such public safety buildings; acquiring and installing instructional/public safety technology and instructional/public safety technology equipment for new and existing public safety buildings; equipping and re-equipping existing public safety buildings; and developing, equipping and improving facilities, parking areas, driveways, infrastructure and sites?
The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in [2023] is (3.90 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is thirty (30) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 3.90 mills ($3.90 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Lansing.
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Michigan
See below to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Michigan.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Frequently Asked Questions: Elections and Voting," accessed April 16, 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Michigan Secretary of State, "Registering to Vote," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NCSL, "State Profiles: Elections," accessed August 26, 2024
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Michigan.gov, "Notice to Voters: Voter Identification Requirement in Effect," accessed October 7, 2025
- ↑ Kingsford Michigan, "A Guide to Voter ID/Affidavit at the Polls," accessed October 7, 2025
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