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Shall a convention of elected delegates be convened in 2027 to draft a general revision of the State Constitution for presentation to the state’s voters for their approval or rejection?

The proposal would: • Prohibit regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government contracts, and people and organizations with substantial connections to these utilities/contractors from making direct or indirect campaign contributions to those who run for or hold offices that impact them. • Expand laws regulating spending on political communications, including those requiring disclosing donor information, to apply to communications clearly identifying candidates or ballot questions, even if they do not expressly advocate voting for/against them. • Expressly apply the law requiring disclosure of who paid for political communications to internet political communications. Should this proposal be adopted?

Shall the Charter Township of Filer, Manistee County, Michigan, increase the constitutional limitation on the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed upon real and tangible personal property for all purposes in the Charter Township of Filer, Manistee County, Michigan, by two and 85/100 (2.85) mills ($2.85 per $1,000 of taxable valuation) and levy two and 85/100 mills ($2.85 per $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of five (5) years (2026-2030, inclusive) for the purposes of providing funds for fire protection, emergency medical services, rescue operations, firefighting and emergency services equipment and apparatus, station improvements, staffing, training, and other public safety purposes authorized by law? This is a new request for two and 85/100 (2.85) mills for township fire, emergency services, rescue operations, apparatus, station improvements, staffing, training, and other public safety purposes authorized by law. If approved, it is estimated that the revenue generated by this proposal in the first year would be $501,703. The revenues generated by this proposal will be disbursed to the Charter Township of Filer and may be shared by the Charter Township of Filer with a future joint fire authority of which the Charter Township of Filer is a member. A portion of the millage is subject to capture by and will be disbursed to the Charter Township of Filer Downtown Development Authority.

Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Manistee Area Public Schools, Manistee and Mason Counties, Michigan, be renewed by 18.5593 mills ($18.5593 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 4 years, 2027 to 2030, inclusive, and also be increased by .5000 mill ($0.5000 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 4 years, 2027 to 2030, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2027 is approximately $5,571,456 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2026 levy and the addition of millage which will be levied only to the extent necessary to restore millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963)?