Ypsilanti school district considers moving elections

The Ypsilanti school board will take public input at its Dec. 14 meeting on whether to move school elections from May to November.

Holding elections in May, when it's the only item on the ballot, cost the district roughly $30,000 the last two years. Putting it on a November ballot would mean those costs would be shared with any other ballot initiatives.

If the board switches the dates, it must figure out how to change the term lengths of current board members whose terms would be affected.

Several audience and board members also expressed concern over the school board candidates getting lost at the bottom of the ballot in a general election or being subject to partisan voting, which it largely doesn’t see under the current arrangement.

Action will either be takenÂ Dec. 14Â or at a special meeting before the end of the year.

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