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2024 General Election November 5th

October 23, 2024 By Joe Pagano

Here is a sample of the 2024 November 5 National and Local Ballot for Flat Rock.

NOTE: Some districts may have a different Local School District section.

For a copy of the Actual Ballot, stop by Flat Rock City Hall at the Clerk’s office.

Sample Voting Ballot Available at the Flat Rock City Offices.
PARTISAN SECTION

Presidential

ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Vote for not more than 1

Kamala D. Harris
Tim Walz

Democratic

 

Donald J. Trump

JD Vance

Republican

 

Chase Oliver
Mike ter Maat

Libertarian

 

Randall Terry
Stephen E. Broden

U.S. Taxpayers

 

Jill Stein
Rudolph Ware

Green

 

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Nicole Shanahan

Natural Law

 

Joseph Kishore
Jerry White

No Party Affiliation

 

Cornel West
Melina Abdullah

No Party Affiliation

 

Congressional

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Vote for not more than 1

 

Elissa Slotkin

Democratic

 

Mike Rogers

Republican

 

Joseph Solis-Mullen

Libertarian

Dave Stein

U.S. Taxpayers

Douglas P. Marsh

Green

 

Doug Dern

Natural Law

 

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS

6th DISTRICT

Vote for not more than 1

 

Debbie Dingell

Democratic

 

Heather Smiley

Republican

 

Bill Krebaum

Libertarian

 

Clyde K. Shabazz

Libertarian

Legislative

REPRESENTATIVE IN STATE LEGISLATURE

28th DISTRICT

Vote for not more than 1

 

Janise O’Neil Robinson

Democratic

 

Jamie Thompson

Republican

 

State Boards

MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Vote for not more than 2

 

Theodore Jones

Democratic

Adam Frederick Zemke

Democratic

Tom McMillin

Republican

Nikki Snyder

Republican

Scotty Boman

Libertarian

Ted Gerrard

U.S. Taxpayers

Christine C. Schwartz

U.S. Taxpayers

Mary Anne Hering

Working Class

REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Vote for not more than 2

 

Denise Ilitch

Democratic

Shauna Ryder Diggs

Democratic

Carl Meyers

Republican

Sevag Vartanian

Republican

Andrew Chadderdon

Libertarian

Donna M. Oetman

U.S. Taxpayers

 

TRUSTEE OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Vote for not more than 2

 

Rebecca Bahar-Cook

Democratic

Thomas Stallworth III

Democratic

Mike Balow

Republican

Julie Maday

Republican

Grant T. Baker

Libertarian

Janet M. Sanger

U.S. Taxpayers

John Paul Sanger

U.S. Taxpayers

John Anthony La Pietra

Green

 

GOVERNOR OF WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Vote for not more than 2

 

Rasha Demashkieh

Democratic

Mark T. Gaffney

Democratic

Michael Busuito

Republican

Sunny Reddy

Republican

Farid Ishac

Libertarian

William Mohr II

U.S. Taxpayers

Sami Makhoul

Green

Suzanne Roehrig

Working Class

Kathleen Oakford

Natural Law

 

County

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

Vote for not more than 1

 

Kym L. Worthy

Democratic

Kerry Lee Morgan

Libertarian

 

SHERIFF

Vote for not more than 1

 

Democratic

T.P. Nykoriak

Republican

 

CLERK

Vote for not more than 1

 

Cathy M. Garrett

Democratic

Joseph H. LeBlanc

Libertarian

 

TREASURER

Vote for not more than 1

 

Eric Sabree

Democratic

 

REGISTER OF DEEDS

Vote for not more than 1

 

Bernard J. Youngblood

Democratic

Afaf Ahmad

Republican

 

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

11th DISTRICT

Vote for not more than 1

 

Allen R. Wilson

Democratic

 

NONPARTISAN SECTION

Judicial

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT

8 Year Term

Vote for not more than 1

 

Andrew Fink

Kimberly Ann Thomas

 

JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT

Incumbent Position

Partial Term Ending 01/01/2029

Vote for not more than 1

 

Kyra Harris Bolden
Justice of Supreme Court

Patrick William O’Grady

 

Judicial – Continued

JUDGE OF COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT 1

Incumbent Position

Vote for not more than 2

 

Kirsten Frank Kelly
Judge of Court of Appeals

Michael J. Riordan
Judge of Court of Appeals

 

JUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT

3RD CIRCUIT COURT

Incumbent Position

6 Year Term

Vote for not more than 18

 

Annette J. Berry
Judge of Circuit Court

Karen Y. Braxton
Jerome C. Cavanagh
Judge of Circuit Court

Kevin J. Cox
Judge of Circuit Court

Paul John Cusick
Judge of Circuit Court

Prentis Edwards, Jr.
Judge of Circuit Court

Lawrence Elassal
Judge of Circuit Court

Edward Ewell, Jr.
Judge of Circuit Court

Tracy E. Green
Judge of Circuit Court

Adel A. Harb
Judge of Circuit Court

Bridget Mary Hathaway
Judge of Circuit Court

Dana Margaret Hathaway
Judge of Circuit Court

Charles S. Hegarty
Judge of Circuit Court

Catherine L. Heise
Judge of Circuit Court

Qiana Denise Lillard
Judge of Circuit Court

Kathleen Marie McCarthy
Judge of Circuit Court

Leslie Kim Smith
Judge of Circuit Court

Regina D. Thomas
Judge of Circuit Court

 

JUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT

3RD CIRCUIT COURT

Incumbent Position

Partial Term Ending 01/01/2027

Vote for not more than 2

 

Bradley Cobb
Judge of Circuit Court

Nicole N. Goodson
Judge of Circuit Court

 

JUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT

3RD CIRCUIT COURT

Non-Incumbent Position

6 Year Term

Vote for not more than 1

 

John Larkin

Adrienne G. Scruggs

 

JUDGE OF PROBATE COURT

WAYNE COUNTY PROBATE COURT

Incumbent Position

6 Year Term

Vote for not more than 1

 

David A. Perkins
Judge of Probate Court

 

JUDGE OF PROBATE COURT

WAYNE COUNTY PROBATE COURT

Non-Incumbent Position

6 Year Term

Vote for not more than 2

 

Todd E. Briggs

Macie Gaines

Ron L. Haywood

Daniel L. Mercier

 

JUDGE OF DISTRICT COURT

33RD DISTRICT COURT

Incumbent Position

Vote for not more than 1

 

Michael K. McNally
Judge of District Court

 

Local School District

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER

FLAT ROCK COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

6 Year Term

Vote for not more than 2

 

Michelle Engelbert

Melissa Twehues

 

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER

WOODHAVEN-BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

4 Year Term

Vote for not more than 3

 

Matt Barnhart

Robert Barrett

Mitchell Dobek

Dustin Fitzpatrick

Rob Harris

Gary Stanley

Joseph Steffey

Eboni Stewart

Bridget Thorning

 

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER

WOODHAVEN-BROWNSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

Partial Term Ending 12/31/2026

Vote for not more than 1

 

Eryka Czopek

Sabit Islam

 

 PROPOSAL SECTION

Local School District

Flat Rock Community Schools Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

 

This proposal will allow the school district to continue to levy the statutory rate of not to exceed 18 mills on all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, required for the school district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance and renews millage that will expire with the 2025 tax levy.

Shall the currently authorized millage rate limitation of 18.3436 mills ($18.3436 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, in Flat Rock Community Schools, Wayne and Monroe Counties, Michigan, be renewed for a period of 10 years, 2026 to 2035, inclusive, to provide funds for operating purposes; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and 18 mills are levied in 2026 is approximately $1,850,000 (this is a renewal of millage that will expire with the 2025 tax levy)?

 

Intermediate School District

Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency Renewal of Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal

 

Pursuant to state law, the revenue raised by the proposed renewal of the enhancement millage will be collected by the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (“Wayne RESA”) and distributed on an equal per-pupil basis to local constituent school districts including eligible public school academies within the boundaries of Wayne RESA. None of the enhancement millage revenue will be distributed to Wayne RESA, and all funds shall be independently audited by the local constituent school districts and eligible public school academies as part of their annual school audits.

As a renewal of authority which expires with the 2027 levy, shall the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes which may be imposed on taxable property in the Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, Michigan, be increased by 1.9812 mills ($1.98 per thousand dollars of taxable value) for a period of six (6) years, 2028 to 2033, inclusive, to provide operating funds to enhance other state and local funding for local school district operating purposes? It is estimated that 1.9812 mills would raise approximately $108 million when first levied in 2028.

The revenue from this enhancement millage will be distributed on an equal per pupil basis to the following listed constituent school districts and the public school academies within the boundaries of Wayne RESA which are eligible to receive enhancement millage under the Revised School Code:

Allen Park Public Schools, Crestwood School District, School District of the City of Dearborn, Dearborn Heights School District No. 7, Detroit Public Schools Community District, Ecorse Public School District, Flat Rock Community Schools, Garden City Public Schools, Gibraltar School District, Grosse Ile Township Schools, Grosse Pointe Public School System, School District of the City of Hamtramck, School District of the City of Harper Woods, Huron School District, School District of the City of Lincoln Park, Livonia Public Schools School District, Melvindale-Northern Allen Park School District, Northville Public Schools, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Redford Union Schools District No. 1, School District of the City of River Rouge, Riverview Community School District, Romulus Community Schools, Southgate Community School District, South Redford School District, Taylor School District, Trenton Public Schools, Van Buren Public Schools, Wayne-Westland Community School District, Westwood Community School District, Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, School District of the City of Wyandotte.

 

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2023 Unofficial Election Results

November 8, 2023 By Joe Pagano

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The 2022 Election Day is Tuesday, November 8

October 7, 2022 By Joe Pagano

Federal, State, County and Local election. Flat Rock, Mi

Flat Rock along with the rest of the country will be voting on November 8, 2022.

Below is an example of the ballot for our area.  The ballot is for one of the districts in Flat Rock and may not reflect all districts.

Americans first began the custom of weekday voting in 1845, when Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day.

Before then, states were allowed to hold elections any time they pleased within a 34-day period before the first Wednesday in December, but this system had a few crucial flaws. Knowing the early voting results could affect turnout and sway opinion in states that held late elections, and those same last-minute voters could potentially decide the outcome of the entire election. Faced with these issues, Congress created the current Election Day in the hope of streamlining the voting process.

Just a note, absentee ballots are available from the clerk’s office at Flat Rock City Hall. Click here for the City of Flat Rock Clerk’s Office information.

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Today is Primary Election Day August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020 By Joe Pagano

Get out and vote.Don’t forget to get out and vote today.

We will post the local results this evening.

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Primary Voting Tuesday March 10, 2020

March 2, 2020 By Joe Pagano

A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE CITY OF FLAT ROCK ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020

Voting hours will be BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 8:00 P.M.

Vote March 10, 2020 in Flat Rock, Mi.

Voter Registration

Find out how to register to vote on the voter registration .

 

DID YOU KNOW you can skip the line on Election Day and vote by mail?     Voting has never been easier!

To request an application prior to any Election, request to be placed on the permanent list, or if you have any questions about the process, call Meaghan Bechman the Flat Rock City Clerk’s office at 734-782-2455.

 

Absent Voter Ballot Information

Applications for absent voter ballots for the Election to be held in the City of Flat Rock, will be received in the Office of the City Clerk from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The City Clerk’s Office will be open on Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. which is the deadline for acceptance of absentee ballot applications to be voted outside the City Clerk’s Office. March 9, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. is the deadline for applications for absentee ballots to be voted in person at the City Clerk’s Office. Emergency absent voter applications will be issued to any registered elector at any time prior to 4:00 p.m. on Election Day if he or she shall have become physically disabled or shall be absent from the city because of sickness or death in the family which has made it impossible to apply for absent voter ballots by the statutory deadline.

NOTICE; If you have already voted absentee ballot and would like to change your vote, contact the clerks office with help on this issue.

 

Voting Precinct Information

View the Precinct Map Here

Precinct #1
First United Methodist Church
28400 Evergreen
Flat Rock, MI 48134

Precinct #2
Community Center
One Maguire Street
Flat Rock, MI 48134

Precinct #3
Flat Rock Public Library
25200 Gibraltar Rd.
Flat Rock, MI 48134

Precinct #4
First United Methodist Church
28400 Evergreen
Flat Rock, MI 48134

Precinct #5
Community Center
One Maguire Street
Flat Rock, MI 48134

If you are unsure of where you are supposed to vote please contact the Clerk’s Office by phone at (734) 782-2455 Extension 6 or find out on-line by visiting the Michigan Voter Information Center.

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WELCOME TO FLAT ROCK

The first Euro-American settlers in Flat Rock were Michael Vreeland and his five grown sons between 1811 and 1820. Michael had been captured by British Rangers during the Revolutionary War and released after American independence.

The family purchased 800 acres (3.2 km2). The town was called the Village of Vreeland until 1838 when the Vreeland family sold off the majority of the land and relinquished control of the area. The Vreeland families built the first grain and lumber mill, having brought the grinding stones from New York.

Descendants of Michael Vreeland still live in the town and attend Flat Rock public schools, being the seventh generation to reside in the town their family founded.

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