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East Grand Rapids and Walker voters rejected a parking structure and a public safety millage

The Good Day Grand Rapids teamFrom Thursday’s edition · 1 min read · 2 sources

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If you vote in East Grand Rapids or Walker, WGVU's roundup has your results. East Grand Rapids voters said no to a $9 million, three-story parking structure. Walker voters rejected a 10-year public safety that would have let the city fully staff its three fire stations around the clock and build a larger police department.

  • Muskegon County and Byron Township: parks and recreation millages rejected
  • Jamestown Township: fire department millage passed, road millage renewal failed
  • Ferrysburg: street millage and charter proposal approved

Parking, public safety and a community center lost; a school bond won

PlaceMeasureResult
East Grand Rapids$9 million parking structureRejected
Walker10-year public safety millageRejected
Allendale$66 million school bondApproved
Allendale$27 million community center bondRejected

Source: wgvunews

School bonds fared better. Comstock Park, Rockford, Hudsonville, Grand Haven, Kenowa Hills and Kelloggsville all got bond approvals.

About 31% of active registered voters had voted by Monday morning

743,000
early in-person votes statewide as of Monday morning
1.57 million
absentee ballots returned statewide
31%
total turnout of active registered voters

Source: WOODTV.com

Ahead of Election Day, state data showed turnout already at about 31% of active registered voters.

Sources: wgvunews, WOODTV.com

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