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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ELECTION NOTICE
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS of the Charter Township of Canton, notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held in the
Charter Township of Canton on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of electing for the following
offices:
President and Vice President
Township Supervisor
United States Senator
Township Clerk
Representative in Congress (11th District)
Township Treasurer
Representative in Congress (11th District Partial Term)
Township Trustee
State Representative (20th & 21st Districts)
Justice of Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Justice of Supreme Court (Partial Term)
Regent of the University of Michigan
Judge of Court of Appeals (1st Dist. Incumbent) Trustee of Michigan
State University
Judge of 3rd Circuit Court (Incumbent Position)
Governor of Wayne State University
Judge of 3rd Circuit Court (Non-incumbent)
Prosecuting Attorney
Judge of 3rd Circuit Court (Incumbent/Partial Term)
County Sheriff
Judge of Probate Court (Incumbent Position)
County Clerk
Judge of Probate Court (Incumbent/Partial Term)
County Treasurer
Judge of 35th District Court (Incumbent Position)
Register of Deeds
Township Library Board Director
County Commissioner (District 10)
Schoolcraft Community College Board of Trustees
Schoolcraft Community College Board (Part. Term)
and to vote on the following State and County Proposals:
Proposal 12-1
A Referendum on Public Act 4 of 2011 - The Emergency Manager Law
Public Act 4 of 2011 would:
Establish criteria to assess the financial condition of local government units, including school districts.
Authorize Governor to appoint an emergency manager (EM) upon state finding of a financial emergency, and allow the EM to act in
place of local government officials.
Require EM to develop financial and operating plans, which may include modification or termination of contracts, reorganization of gov-
ernment, and determination of expenditures, services, and use of assets until the emergency is resolved.
Alternatively, authorize state-appointed review team to enter in a local government approved consent decree.
Should this law be approved?
______Yes ______No
Proposal 12-2
A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution Regarding Collective Bargaining
This proposal would:
Grant public and private employees the constitutional right to organize and bargain collectively through labor unions.
Invalidate existing or future state or local laws that limit the ability to join unions and bargain collectively, and to negotiate and enforce
collective bargaining agreements, including employees' financial support of their labor unions. Laws may be enacted to prohibit public
employees from striking.
Override state laws that regulate hours and conditions of employment to the extent that those laws conflict with collective bargaining
agreements.
Define "employer" as a person or entity employing one or more employees.
Should this proposal be approved?
______Yes ______No
Proposal 12-3
A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution to Establish a Standard for Renewable Energy
This proposal would:
Require electric utilities to provide at least 25% of their annual retail sales of electricity from renewable energy sources, which are wind,
solar, biomass, and hydropower, by 2025
Limit to not more than 1% per year electric utility rate increases charged to consumers only to achieve compliance with the renewable
energy standard.
Allow annual extensions of the deadline to meet the 25% standard in order to prevent rate increases over the 1% limit.
Require the legislature to enact additional laws to encourage the use of Michigan made equipment and employment of Michigan resi-
dents.
Should this proposal be approved?
______Yes ______No
Proposal 12-4
A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution to Establish the Michigan Quality Home Care Council and
Provide Collective Bargaining for In-Home Care Workers
This proposal would:
Allow in-home care workers to bargain collectively with the Michigan Quality Home Care Council (MQHCC). Continue to current
exclusive representative of in-home care workers until modified in accordance with labor laws.
Require MQHCC to provide training for in-home care workers, create a registry of workers who pass background checks, and provide
financial services to patients to manage the cost of in-home care.
Preserve patients' rights to hire in-home care workers who are not referred from the MQHCC registry who are bargaining unit members.
Authorize the MQHCC to set minimum compensation standards and terms and conditions of employment.
Should this law be approved?
______Yes ______No
Proposal 12-5
A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution to Limit the Enactment of New Taxes by State Government
This proposal would:
Require a 2/3 majority vote of the State House and the State Senate, or a statewide vote of the people at a November election, in order for
the State of Michigan to impose new or additional taxes on taxpayers or expand the base of taxation or increasing the rate of taxation.
This section shall in no way be construed to limit or modify tax limitations otherwise created in this Constitution.
Should this proposal be approved?
______Yes ______No
Proposal 12-6
A Proposal to Amend the State Constitution Regarding Construction of International Bridges and Tunnels
This proposal would:
Require the approval of a majority of voters at a statewide election and in each municipality where "new international bridges or tunnels
for motor vehicles" are to be located before the State of Michigan may expend state funds or resources for acquiring land, designing,
soliciting bids for, constructing, financing, or promoting new international bridges or tunnels.
Create a definition of "new international bridges or tunnels for motor vehicles" that means, "any bridge or tunnel which is not open to the
public and serving traffic as of January 1, 2012".
Should this proposal be approved?
______Yes ______No
Wayne County Proposals
Form of the Wayne County Budget and Appropriation Ordinance
Shall the Wayne County Home Rule Charter be amended to add a new Section 5.120 and to amend the existing Section 5.134 to author-
ize the Wayne County Commission rather than the Wayne County Executive to establish the form (including but not limited to lump-sum
and line-item) of the County Budget and Appropriation Ordinance; and to require the County Commission to establish the form of the
Budget and Appropriation Ordinance by December 7, 2012 and to adopt changes to the form at least ten months before the beginning of
the fiscal year to be effective for that fiscal year and to also amend Section 5.121 to require the County Executive to prepare and submit
the Budget and Appropriation Ordinance in the form established by the County Commission?
______Yes ______No
Independent External Auditor
Shall Section 3.119(E) of the Wayne County Home Rule Charter be amended to remove the restriction that prohibits an independent
external auditor from providing audit services to the County for more than eight (8) consecutive years; and further to require independent
external auditors be selected based on a competitive process in accordance with the County's Procurement Ordinance?
______Yes ______No
Membership on the Wayne County Retirement Commission
Shall Section 6.112 of the Wayne County Home Rule Charter be amended to expand the Wayne County Retirement Commission's mem-
bership from 8 to 9, adding as a member the Wayne County Treasurer or his or her designee; and also to authorize the Chairperson of the
Wayne County Commission, who is also a member of the Wayne County Retirement Commission, to appoint a person to serve as his or
her designee on the retirement Commission; and to further allow employees and retirees of the Wayne County Airport Authority to vote
for and serve as members of the Wayne County Retirement Commission (with no more than one member being an airport employee or
retiree) until such time as the Airport Authority establishes its own retirement system or pension plan?
______Yes ______No
Removal of the Wayne County Executive from Office by the Governor
Shall the Wayne County Home Rule Charter be amended to add Section 4.124 to authorize the Governor to remove the Wayne County
Executive from office for the same reasons and with the same due process as provided by law for the Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney,
County Clerk, Register of Deeds, and County Treasurer?
______Yes ______No
The Wayne County Commission's Power to Approve Compensation
Shall Section 3.115 of the Wayne County Home Rule Charter, which sets forth the powers and duties of the Wayne County Commission,
be amended to include the power and duty to approve all compensation of every employment position in the County, unless the compen-
sation is established by State or Federal Law?
______Yes ______No
STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BYACT 278 OF PUBLIC ACTS OF 1964
Amending the Property Tax Limitation Act
I, Raymond J. Wojtowicz, Treasurer of Wayne County, Michigan, do hereby certify that, as of September 20, 2012 the total of all voted
increases in excess of the tax rate limitation established by Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, as amend-
ed, and the years such increases are effective on property in the County of Wayne are as follows:
WAYNE COUNTY
Wayne County, Michigan
Taxing Authorities Date of Election
Voted Increases
Years Increase Effective
County of Wayne
November 2, 2010
1 mill
2015
Wayne County Jail
August 6, 2012
1 mill
2021
Wayne County Parks November 2, 2010
0.25 mills
2015
Wayne County
November 6, 2009
1.25 mills
2020
Comm. College
TOWNSHIPS
Grosse Ile
August 7, 2012
2 mills
2021
August 3, 2010
0.4995 mills
2015
November 4, 2008
1 mill
2013
November 4, 2008
1.5 mills
2013
May 8, 2007
0.4 mills
2012
May 8, 2007
0.33 mills
2012
May 8, 2007
0.75 mills
2012
Sumpter
May 3, 2011
1 mill
2015
August 3, 2010
2 mills
2015
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Airport Comm. Schools
May, 2008
18 mills
2013 (non-homestead only)
Allen Park Public Schools
November, 2008
18 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
Clarenceville School Dist.
May, 2005
18 mills
2016 (non-homestead only)
May, 2006
4.5 mills
2016
May, 2005
1.1210
2016
Crestwood School Dist.
February, 2005
17.0194 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
February, 2005
3 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
City Dearborn School Dist.
August, 2004
6.17 mills
2015
August, 2004
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
November, 2003
.50 mills
2015
November, 2003
2.50 mills
2015
Dearborn Heights School
November, 2004
18 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
District N. 7
November, 2008
1.3342 mills
2014
May, 2006
2 mills
2016
November, 2008
3 mills
2016
City of Detroit School
November, 2005
18 mills
2012 (non-homestead only)
District
Ecorse Public Schools
June, 2005
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
Flat Rock Community
November, 2010
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
Schools
Garden City Public
August, 2012
18 mills
2018 (non-homestead only)
Schools
August, 2011
2 mills
2015
Gibraltar School District
December, 2004
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
May, 2006
3 mills
2015
Grosse Ile Township
August, 2010
18 mills
2020 (non-homestead only)
Schools
August, 2010
2.086 mills
2020
Grosse Pointe Schools
February, 2005
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
November, 2009
1 mill
2015
November, 2009
8.0784 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
Hamtramck School
November, 2005
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
District
November, 2006
4.467 mills
2016
November, 2005
1 mill
2015
Harper Woods School
June, 1995
18 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
District
Highland Park School
April, 1997
18 mills
2016 (non-homestead only)
District
January, 1997
5.00 mills
2016
Huron School District
November, 2011
18 mills
2017 (non-homestead only)
Inkster School District
May, 2006
21 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
May, 2006
6 mills
2015
Lincoln Consolidated
June, 1994
18 mills
2013 (non-homestead only)
Schools
June, 2003
2.0 mills
2013
November, 2008
0.1 mills
2012
Lincoln Park School
November, 2008
18 mills
2017 (non-homestead only)
District
November, 2005
1.5 mills
2014
Livonia Public School
November, 2009
18.4568 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
District
November, 2009
1.12 mills
2014
Melvindale Northern
November, 2008
18 mills
2018 (non-homestead only)
Allen Park School District
Northville Public Schools
November, 2011
18 mills
2021 (non-homestead only)
September, 2004
0.25 mills
2012 (non-homestead only)
November, 2005
3 mills
2012 (non-homestead only)
May, 2011
1 mill
2012
Plymouth-Canton
September, 2004
18 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
Community Schools
Redford Union School
November 2, 2010
18.7551 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
District No. 1
River Rouge School
March, 2002
17.35 mills
2012 (non-homestead only)
District
March, 2002
17.35 mills
2012 (homestead only)
Riverview Community
May, 2006
18 mills
2016 (non-homestead only)
School District
Romulus School District
May, 2011
18 mills
2021 (non-homestead only)
November, 2008
0.75 mills
2018
South Redford School
May, 2005
18 mills
2024 (non-homestead only)
District
June, 2003
2.8 mills
2013 (non-homestead only)
Southgate Community
June, 1995
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
School District
April, 1999
3.82 mills
2024
Taylor School District
January, 2008
18 mills
2013 (non-homestead only)
Trenton Public Schools
June, 2004
18 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
August, 2010
4.90 mills
2020
Van Buren Township
August, 2011
18 mills
2016 (non-homestead only)
School District
June, 1998
1.30 mills
2015
Wayne-Westland
May, 2010
18 mills
2025 (non-homestead only)
Community Schools
February, 2012
0.9922 mills
2022
Westwood Community
April, 1995
18 mills
2014 (non-homestead only)
School District
May, 2006
3 mills
2014
Woodhaven-Brownstown
May, 2005
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
School District
February, 2011
1 mill
2020
Wyandotte School District
May, 2005
18 mills
2015 (non-homestead only)
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
PRECINCT NUMBERS AND LOCATIONS
Listed below are the polling locations for the Tuesday, November 6, 2012 General Election, which will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00
p.m. for the purpose of voting:
Precinct No.
Name of Facility
Address
1 & 23
Discovery Middle School
45083 Hanford Rd
2
Connection Church
3855 S. Sheldon Rd
3, 10, 21
St. John Neumann Church
44800 Warren Rd
4 & 13
Miller Elementary School
43721 Hanford Rd
5 & 31
Crescent Academy
40440 Palmer Rd
6 & 32
Life Church
7001 N. Haggerty Rd
7 & 8
Salem High School
46181 Joy Rd
9 & 34
Eriksson Elementary School
1275 N. Haggerty Rd
11 & 19
Tonda Elementary School
46501 Warren Rd
12 & 14
Hulsing Elementary School
8055 Fleet St
15
Walker-Winter Elementary School
39932 Michigan Ave
16 & 17
Bentley Elementary School
1100 S. Sheldon Rd
18 & 29
Field Elementary School
1000 S. Haggerty Rd
20
Township Fire Station No. 1
1100 S. Canton Center Rd
22
Hoben Elementary School
44680 Saltz Rd
24 & 25
Canton High School
8415 N. Canton Center Rd
26, 27, 36 & 40
Summit on the Park
46000 Summit Parkway
28
Canton Township DPWYard
4847 S. Sheldon Rd
30
Mettetal Airport
8550 N. Lilley Rd
33 & 37
Dodson Elementary School
205 N. Beck Rd
35
Canton Human Services Center
50430 School House Rd
38
Historic Cherry Hill School
50440 Cherry Hill Rd
39
Plymouth High School
8400 N. Beck Rd
41 & 42
Workman Elementary School
250 N. Denton Rd
The Office of the Township Clerk, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3,
2012 for obtaining and casting absentee ballots. Qualified voters must appear in person to receive a ballot.
On Monday, November 5, 2012, those requesting an absentee ballot must appear in person at the Clerk's Office no later than 4:00 p.m.
Emergency absentee ballots ONLY will be issued on Election Day, November 6, 2012.
To obtain election instructions in an alternative format (audio or Braille), contact the Clerk's Office at 734-394-5120 prior to Election
Day.
If you are unsure of your voting location, please refer to your voter registration card, check the Clerk's voting page on Canton's Website
at www.canton-mi.org/clerk/voting.aspx, or call the Clerk's office at 734-394-5120.
Terry G. Bennett, Clerk
Publish: October 25, 2012
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