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Human Relations Commission to revise online discrimination-complaint form; volunteers to draft checkboxes and accessibility fixes

Ypsilanti Human Relations Commission · January 13, 2026
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Summary

Commissioners reviewed the city’s online discrimination complaint form, flagged mobile-unfriendliness and a broad free-text 'complaint' field, and voted to have commissioners draft mock-ups adding checkboxes for protected classes and other user-friendly features to present at the next meeting.

The Human Relations Commission reviewed the city’s online discrimination-complaint form and identified several usability and transparency issues commissioners said limit the form’s usefulness.

Members noted the form’s complaint field is broad and suggested adding checkboxes for protected classes or statuses so complainants can more easily identify the alleged basis for discrimination and the commission can…

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