Introduced
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To require school board elections to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in either May or November, and consolidate school bond and millage elections to one of the four days on which all elections would be held in the state, as proposed in House Bills 4821 and 4824. The bill would also require all school elections to take place in the same polling places as other types of elections, and be run by municipal or county election officials, with the same absentee voter and other procedures as all other elections. See also <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4824">House Bill 4824</a> and <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-SB-877">Senate Bill 877</a>.
Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To reguire school elections to be held on November general elections days and revise the proposed procedures for filling school board vacancies.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 73 to 33 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which incorporates technical changes and which accomodates Senate Bill 877, which sets the rules for the school "floater" election date.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 30 to 8 (details)
To require school board elections to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in either May or November, and consolidate school bond and millage elections to one of the four days on which all elections would be held in the state, as proposed in House Bills 4821 and 4824. The bill would also require all school elections, including intermediate school district (ISD) elections, to take place in the same polling places as other types of elections, and be run by municipal or county election officials, with the same absentee voter and other procedures as all other elections. Schools could also hold one annual special election on a Tuesday "floater" date as specified in Senate Bill 877. The bill is part of an election consolidation and reform package comprised of House Bills 4820 to 4828, and Senate Bill 877.
Passed in the House 86 to 22 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
