November 8, 2011 City General Election
The November 8 City General Election is the next election in the City of Ann Arbor. All City polling places will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.
The last day to register to vote for the November 8 General Election is Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Please call the City Clerk at 734-794-6140 for more information or to check the status of your voter registration in the City.
For information on the Streets Repair and Resurfacing Millage and the Sidewalk Repair Millage on the November 8, 2011 City Election, please click on the following links:
www.a2gov.org/StreetMillage
www.a2gov.org/SidewalkMillage
Current Precinct Polling Place Updated List (pdf)
Avoid the lines on Election Day! If you meet one of the following criteria, you are eligible to appy for an absentee ballot:
- 60 years of age or older
- absent from the community on Election Day
- physically unable to vote at the polls without assistance of another person
- unable to attend the polls because of religious beliefs
- appointed a pollworker in a precinct other than your own
- confined to jail awaiting trial or arraignment
Call the City Clerk for more information about absentee ballots or complete the attached request form and return it to the City Clerk at PO Box 8647, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, email: cityclerk@a2gov.org; or fax: 734-994-8296.
Absentee ballot application form (pdf)
All returned absentee ballot envelopes are sent to the precincts on Election Day for processing and tabulation. Your absentee ballot is counted in your assigned ward and precinct, or at an absent voter counting board, along with all of the in-person votes cast on that day!
City residents can check their voter registration status on the web by accessing the Secretary of State's voter information center at www.Michigan.gov/vote.
November 8, 2011 City General Election Candidates
Ann Arbor City - Ward 1 Council Member
Vote For 1
Ann Arbor City - Ward 2 Council Member
Vote For 1
| Stephen Rapundalo |
3106 Bluett
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 |
734-995-9507 |
rapunds@comcast.net |
Democratic |
| Jane Lumm |
3075 Overridge Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 |
734-677-4010 |
janelumm@comcast.net |
No Party Affiliation |
Ann Abor City - Ward 3 Council Member
Vote For 1
Ann Arbor City - Ward 4 Council Member
Vote For 1
| Eric Scheie |
814 Dewey Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 |
484-557-2424 |
escheie@verizon.net |
Republican |
| Marcia Higgins |
1512 Marian Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103 |
734-662-0487 |
None |
Democratic |
Ann Arbor City - Ward 5 Council Member
Vote For 1
Ann Arbor City (3 Proposals)
PROPOSAL 1
ANN ARBOR CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT
TAX FOR STREET AND BRIDGE RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION
Shall the Charter be amended to authorize a tax up to 2 mills for street and bridge reconstruction for 2012 through 2016 to replace the previously authorized tax up to 2 mills for street reconstruction for 2007 through 2011, which will raise in the first year of levy the estimated revenue of $9,091,000?
PROPOSAL 2
ANN ARBOR CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT
TAX FOR STREET AND BRIDGE RESURFACING AND RECONSTRUCTION
AND FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS
(NOTE: ADOPTION OF PROPOSAL 2 IS CONDITIONED UPON
ADOPTION AT THIS ELECTION OF PROPOSAL 1)
Shall the Charter be amended to authorize a tax increase of up to 0.125 mills for 2012 through 2016 in addition to the street and bridge resurfacing and reconstruction millage of 2 mills, which 0.125 mills will raise in the first year of levy the estimated additional revenue of $563,000, to provide a total of up to 2.125 mills for sidewalk repair, street and bridge reconstruction and resurfacing?
PROPOSAL 3
ANN ARBOR CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT
RESTRUCTURING THE NUMBER OF APPOINTED CITIZEN TRUSTEES AND ELECTED GENERAL MEMBER TRUSTEES ON THE ANN ARBOR CITY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
For the purpose of adding two additional citizen trustees, removal of the City Administrator as a member of the Board, and decreasing the number of elected general member trustees, shall Section 17.2 (a) of the Charter be amended to restructure the composition of the nine-member City Employees Retirement Board of Trustees to a membership of 5 appointed citizen trustees, one elected trustee each for City general members, fire members, and police members, along with the continued membership of the City Controller?
