NOTICE OF THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION

For the Township of Addison

To the Qualified Electors of the Township of Addison, County of Oakland, State of Michigan:

Notice of the November 8, 2022 General Election

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN ADDISON TOWNSHIP ON TUESDAY, November 8, 2022.

THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AT THE FOLLOWING POLLING LOCATIONS:

Precinct 1 Rowland Hall, 23 E. Elmwood Rd., Leonard, MI 48367

Precinct 2 Addison Township Offices, 1440 Rochester Rd., Leonard, MI 48367

Precinct 3 Fire Station 1, 4026 Forest St., Leonard, MI 48367

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, the November 8, 2022 General Election will be conducted in all voting precincts of Addison Township for the purpose of electing candidates for the following Offices:

State Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Representative in Congress 9th District, State Senator 24th District, Representative in State Legislature 66th District, Member of State Board of Education, Regent of the University of Michigan, Trustee Michigan State University, Governor of Wayne State University, County Commissioner 5th District, Addison Township Trustee partial term. Nonpartisan: Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of Court of Appeals 2nd District, Judges of Circuit Court 6th Circuit, Judge of Probate Court, Judge of District Court 52nd District, 3ed Division, Oakland Community College Board of Trustees, Village of Leonard Trustee, Board Members for the Community School Districts for Almont, Lake Orion, Oxford and Romeo Community School Districts.

And for the following Proposals or summary thereof: (copies of the full text of the proposal may be obtained or viewed at the Addison Township Clerk Office or mi.gov/vote.

State of Michigan

22-1 A proposal to amend the state constitution to require annual public financial disclosure reports by legislators and other state officers and change state legislator term limit to 12 total years in legislature.

22-2 A proposal to amend the state constitution to add provisions regarding elections.

22-3 A proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy and abortion; allow state to regulate abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established right.

Oakland County Authority

Oakland County Public Transportation Millage

A proposal to authorize Oakland County to levy a millage for the purpose of funding public transportation services in Oakland County, including operating, maintaining, improving, and expanding transit services, creating and expanding new fixed routes for bus service connecting local communities, expanding transportation services for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities, and providing transportation to get employees to jobs, patients to healthcare, students to colleges and universities, for the general public to have more transportation options, and for related purposes authorized by law. This millage would be levied at a maximum rate of .95 mills (95 cents per $1,000 in taxable value) for a period of 10 years beginning in 2022 and ending in 2031. This millage would replace an expiring millage levied by the Oakland County Public Transportation Authority supporting the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), and fund replacement of other local public transportation millages.

Leonard Village Proposal:

This Petition Would Require the Village of Leonard Initiation of an Ordinance to Allow an Adult Use Recreational Marihuana Establishment

The Village of Leonard, as required by the authority of Section 6, Subsection 1 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation Marihuana Act, 2018 Initiated Law 1 MCL 333.27951 Forward the proposition to allow and regulate within the Village limits the business operations of persons/businesses licensed by the State to operate Marihuana Establishment(s). This proposition would:

1) Allow State Licensed Marihuana Establishments to operate within the Village in ANY zoning district including residential zoning;

2) Provide for an Ordinance for regulation of Recreational Marihuana for the operation of an establishment within the Village limits for

growers, processors, retailers, transporters and micro-businesses.

Should this proposition be adopted?

Macomb Intermediate School District

Special Education Facilities Improvement Bond Proposal

Macomb Intermediate School District

Counties of Macomb, St. Clair and Oakland

State of Michigan

Shall the Macomb Intermediate School District, Counties of Macomb, St. Clair and Oakland, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to

exceed Ninety-Seven Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($97,465,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax

bonds, in one or more series, for the purpose of paying for the cost of the following capital projects:

Serving special education students, including infants and toddlers, throughout Macomb County, with disabilities such as autism, cerebral

palsy, cognitive impairments and emotional disabilities by:

– Acquiring sites and erecting special education buildings, acquiring buildings for special education, erecting additions to existing school

buildings and other facilities and preparing developing and improving sites at school buildings and other facilities for special education; and

– Remodeling, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing, re-furnishing school buildings and other facilities for special education; and purchasing

school buses for special education students?

The maximum number of years any series of bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is not more than twenty-four and one

quarter (24.25) years; the estimated millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year is 0.17 mills (which is equal to

$0.17 per $1,000 of taxable value); and the estimated simple average annual millage that will be required to retire each series of bonds is

0.15 mills annually ($0.15 per $1,000 of taxable value). The tax levy to pay the proposed bonds in the first year for a homeowner with a

home value equal to the Macomb County average value of $230,767 is estimated not to exceed $19.62 for the year.

The proposed projects to be financed under this bond proposal will benefit special education students from public school academies and

the following school districts located within the School District:

Anchor Bay School District, Armada Area Schools, Center Line Public Schools, Chippewa Valley Schools

Clintondale Community Schools, Eastpointe Public Schools, Fitzgerald Public Schools, Fraser Public Schools, Lake Shore Public Schools, Lakeview Public Schools, L’Anse Creuse, Public Schools, Macomb Intermediate School District, Mount Clemens Community Schools, New Haven Community Schools, Richmond Community Schools, Romeo Community Schools, Roseville Community Schools, South Lake Schools, Utica Community Schools, Van Dyke Public Schools, Warren Consolidated Schools, Warren Woods Public Schools

(Pursuant to State law, the proceeds may not be used for teacher, administrator or employee salaries, repair or maintenance costs or other operating expenses.

Information for Voters:

Sample ballots with candidate listing may be obtained or viewed at the Clerk’s Office, pbennett@addisontwp.org, or mi.gov/vote. All electors who are registered with the Township Clerk in which they reside are eligible to vote at the election. For assistance in determining your precinct contact the Township Clerk or mi.gov/vote.

To comply with the Help America, Vote Act (HAVA), all polling locations are accessible for voters with disabilities. Voting instructions will be available in alternative formats such as audio and braille, please contact the Addison Township Clerk if you have questions or need assistance.

The Clerk’s Office will be open for election services such as obtain or return an absentee ballot or register to vote on the Saturday preceding the election, November 5, 2022 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Pauline Bennett, Addison Township Clerk

1440 Rochester Rd. , Leonard, MI 48367

248-628-3317 Ext. 216 or 217

Publish and Post: October 19, 2022