Bill to move local elections passes the House and Senate

On May 22, 2015, the bill to move local elections passed by two votes despite being opposed by school boards and patrons. The count was 64-58. The Senate had already passed it so now it goes to the governor for signature.

Here are the votes in the House. Did your Representative represent you and your school district?
Yea – (64): Anthimides, Barker, Barton, Bradford, Bruchman, Brunk, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Claeys, Corbet, Couture-Lovelady, Davis, DeGraaf, Dove, Esau, Estes, Garber, Goico, Gonzalez, Grosserode, Hawkins, Hedke, Hemsley, Highland, Hildabrand, Hoffman, Houser, Huebert, Hutchins, Hutton, Johnson, D. Jones, K. Jones, Kahrs, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kleeb, Lunn, Macheers, Mason, Mast, McPherson, Merrick, O’Brien, Osterman, Pauls, Peck, Powell, Read, Rhoades, Rubin, Ryckman, Scapa, Schwab, Seiwert, Suellentrop, Sutton, Thimesch, Thompson, Todd, Vickrey, Waymaster, Whitmer, Williams.
Nay – (58) (thank them): Alcala, Alford, Ballard, Becker, Billinger, Boldra, Bollier, Bridges, Burroughs, Campbell, Carlin, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Concannon, Curtis, Dierks, Doll, Edmonds, Ewy, Finch, Finney, Francis, Frownfelter, Gallagher, Henry, Hibbard, Highberger, Hill, Hineman, Houston, Jennings, Kelly, Kuether, Lane, Lewis, Lusk, Lusker, Moxley, Ousley, Patton, Phillips, Proehl, Rooker, Ruiz, Ryckman, Sr., Sawyer, Schroeder, Sloan, Smith, Swanson, Tietze, Trimmer, Victors, Ward, Whipple, Wilson, Wolfe Moore.
Absent and Not Voting – (3): Henderson, Schwartz, Winn.

It passed the Senate 22-13 on May 13th. Yea – (22) (Are they representing you?):
Abrams, Arpke, Baumgardner, Bruce, Denning, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Holmes, King, Knox, Love, Lynn, Masterson, Melcher, O’Donnell, Olson, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Powell, Smith, Tyson, Wagle,
Nay – (13) (Thank them.):
Bowers, Francisco, Hensley, Holland, Kelly, Kerschen, LaTurner, Longbine, McGinn, Ostmeyer, Pettey, Schmidt, Wolf.
Present but Not Voting – (3):
Faust-Goudeau, Pyle, Wilborn.
Absent and Not Voting – (2):
Haley, Hawk.

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