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New trustees face challenges at Michigan State
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Voters will elect two new faces to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
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Voters will elect two new faces to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Tuesday.
Voters in Grand Ledge Public Schools are deciding today whether to raise taxes to provide $148 million to improve school facilities.
Whether they had an important issue on their mind — from local millage proposals to statewide ones — or a party that they wanted to support, voters at Delhi Township precincts had as mission as they went to the polls on Tuesday.
If approved, Proposal 1 on the 2018 Michigan election ballot would allow individuals 21 years of age and older to buy, possess and use marijuana. People would be able to possess up to 10 ounces of marijuana.
Some voters said voting was part of their “civic duty” despite the “hostile political climate” surrounding not just the Williamston School Board but the wider political climate in general.
Voters on campus and across Michigan are headed to the polls today to elect a new governor, attorney general and secretary of state, among other offices. Michigan voters also will cast a ballot for three ballot issues.
Tuesday signaled the end of the midterm election season — and the end of the deluge of political ads on television, in residents’ mailboxes and even via text message.
At 10 a.m, the lines to vote at Brody Hall were filled with first-time voters looking to make their voices heard. Muskegon native Nicole Bernard said she was excited to be able to vote for the first time. “I want to share my voice and be heard,” said Bernard, who had just finished casting her vote. One of the reasons she said she voted was to vote yes on Proposal 1, which would legalize recreational marijuana. Voters will decide three statewide ballot proposals in Michigan, including the marijuana proposal and proposals that would change how Michigan draws legislative and congressional districts and to change some election rules.