ballot proposals

Rank MI Vote is eyeing Ann Arbor for support its effort to gather over 600,000 signatures statewide to put ranked choice voting on the 2026 ballot. WEMU’s Ana Longoria reports.

Voters in Ann Arbor had four ballot proposals to decide in the general election. Two passed. Two failed. WEMU's David Fair spoke with Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor about the results and his perspective on what the decisions mean to the city.

Washtenaw County voters approved the four millage questions on the ballot, including a new tax for Older Persons Services. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

On Tuesday, November 5th, voting concludes, and decisions will be made about our elected leadership. Locally, there are a number of ballot issues to be decided as well. In Ann Arbor, one of the ballot questions is whether to create a publicly-owned Sustainable Energy Utility. It would be an opt-in, renewable energy source to further move the city towards it's carbon neutrality goals. Ann Arbor director of Sustainability and Innovations, Missy Stults, joined WEMU's David Fair and Michigan League of Conservation Voters executive director, Lisa Wozniak, for a review of the proposal and its implications for the future.

A proposal on the Ann Arbor November ballot asks voters to establish a fund to help fund city candidate elections. As WEMU's Kevin Meershaert reports, it remains unclear whether the measure is even legal.

There has been a lot of confusion regarding Ann Arbor’s Proposal A on the November ballot. It asks voters if they want to establish a Sustainable Energy Utility, or SEU. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

Ann Arbor voters are being asked this fall if they want to move to nonpartisan municipal elections. Proposal C would also eliminate the city primary. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a local cannabis proposal for the City of Howell. As Colin Jackson reports, that’s after the court ruled against similar measures elsewhere.

Washtenaw County voters in three different communities are being asked to fund improvements to their local school districts. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers said “no” Wednesday to almost all efforts to toss out votes cast in elections for two questions on the November ballot. We have more from Rick Pluta.