City of Lansing Essential Services Millage Restoration Proposal
Lansing city, Michigan
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating for ballot measures: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. You have more power in ballot measures because you vote directly on the policy.
Representation: High · 70 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 113,023 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 ÷ 113,023) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.75, measured against a statewide vote in MI (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation + a direct vote on the policy → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Public Infrastructure, Public Safety and Crime Control
Opposes: Cost of Living Reduction, Government Spending Reduction
This measure raises Lansing's city property tax rate back to its original charter cap. The charter allows 20 mills ($20.00 per $1,000 of taxable value), but rollbacks required by the Michigan Constitution cut it to 19.2214 mills. Restoring the full 20 mills adds 0.7786 mills for five years, from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031. If approved and levied in full, it would generate about $2,585,101 in its first year for police protection, fire protection, and local road and sidewalk maintenance.
A YES vote means
Lansing property owners pay 0.7786 mills more, which is about $0.78 per $1,000 of taxable value, for five years starting January 1, 2027. The city collects roughly $2,585,101 in the first year and puts it toward police, fire, and local road and sidewalk maintenance.
A NO vote means
Lansing's charter millage stays at the reduced rate of 19.2214 mills and property owners pay no added millage. The city does not collect the roughly $2,585,101 in first-year revenue for police, fire, and local road and sidewalk maintenance.
Source: lansingvotes.gov
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