Local BallotsThursday, November 5
East Grand Rapids and Walker voters rejected a parking structure and a public safety millage
The Good Day Grand Rapids team
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 millage 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
| Place | Measure | Result |
|---|---|---|
| East Grand Rapids | $9 million parking structure | Rejected |
| Walker | 10-year public safety millage | Rejected |
| Allendale | $66 million school bond | Approved |
| Allendale | $27 million community center bond | Rejected |
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