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Board reports longer election certification window; Garrison Community School bond defeated
Summary
County staff told the board the 2022 constitutional amendment requires waiting periods that can extend certification to a week or more; the clerk also reported the Garrison Community School bond proposal was defeated and the board of canvassers will meet to certify the 11/04/2025 special allotment.
A county staff member told the Clare County Board that new state-level timing rules are lengthening election certification and said the board of canvassers will meet to certify a special allotment from the Nov. 4, 2025 election.
"We must wait 3 days after the election ... for absentee voters that had a defect in their signature to come in and cure that signature defect," the staff member (Speaker 4) said, adding that the board must also "wait 6 days after the election for any military or overseas voters' ballots that are outstanding to come in." The speaker concluded: "All elections will now take a week or longer to be certified."
The same staff report noted that the Garrison Community School bond proposal was defeated and that the canvass to certify the special allotment was scheduled to occur the same morning. The transcript does not include further detail about vote counts on the school bond; the board did not take additional action on the matter during this meeting.
The board did not debate changes to certification policy; the item was presented as information. Officials and members referenced the constitutional amendment that altered the timing requirements but did not provide the amendment number or statutory citation in the recorded remarks.
