LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan voters are deciding on a host of local and regional issues that are on the ballot during the primary election.
Polls opened Tuesday morning, with voters in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties deciding whether to renew a special property tax to help fund operations at the Detroit Zoo. Money is used for operations and maintenance of the zoo in Royal Oak. The tax was initially passed in 2008.
Local issues include deciding whether to reauthorize taxes for Ann Arbor’s streets and sidewalks. And a one-room schoolhouse in Oneida Township, near Lansing, is asking voters for more money. Statewide voter turnout is likely to be low. There are no gubernatorial or U.S. Senate candidates on the ballot for the first time in a dozen years.
