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Senate committee approves change to avoid standalone, unchanged millage elections in odd years
Summary
The Senate Education Committee approved an amendment to a bill intended to prevent elections that only present an unchanged school millage on odd-year ballots, a change sponsors said will save taxpayer money and avoid unnecessary polling locations.
The Senate Education Committee on an unspecified date approved an amendment to a bill designed to prevent standalone, unchanged school millage questions from appearing on odd-year ballots.
Senator Justin Boyd, sponsor, told the committee that the proposal aims to stop elections that have no practical effect: "If you have a millage that is unchanged, then having a vote on it doesn't change anything...basically, it was a taxpayer…
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