A Proposal to Amend the Kalamazoo City Charter to Establish a Citizens' Advisory Healthcare Action Committee and Require a Healthcare Action Plan
Kalamazoo city, Michigan
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 72 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 73,076 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(10,077,761 ÷ 73,076) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.77, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Healthcare Affordability
Kalamazoo would create a citizens' committee, appointed by the City Commission, to study health care costs and access. Every two years it would produce a Healthcare Action Plan, and the City Commission would have to adopt and publish it.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
The city creates the health care committee and must publish its plan every two years.
A NO vote means
No committee or plan is required.
Source: kalamazoocity.org
Source: kalcounty.gov