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Income Tax Fails, Beier and Stephens Win Council Seats
Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 11:53 pm
Ruth Beier has retained her seat and MSU Student Aaron Stephens has beaten out Susan Woods and will be joining the East Lansing City Council. Here’s how the voting for City Council broke down:
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Ruth Beier |
3522 votes |
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Aaron Stephens |
3031 votes |
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Susan Woods |
2695 votes |
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Write-in votes (there were no registered write-in candidates) |
132 |
Here’s how the results of the paired proposals on property tax reduction and a City income tax break down in uncertified results from the Ingham County Clerk’s office:
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Question 1 (property tax reduction) |
Passed 3832 to 2175 |
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Question 2 (income tax) |
Failed 3249 to 2863 |
The wording of the property tax reduction proposal appears to specify that it can only take effect if the income tax reduction also passed. (See ballot here.) This would appear to mean that property taxes will not be reduced at this time.
If you voted in this election, please take ELi's quick survey asking why you voted as you did on the income tax, and how you think the City should dealing with the approaching budget crisis: click here to take the survey.
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