Election 2023

Around one percent of Ingham County voters went to the polls early to cast a ballot this election season. That's as voter turnout remained low in the off-year local elections.

Incumbent Lansing City Councilmembers Ryan Kost in Ward 1 and Adam Hussain in Ward 3 will keep their seats.

The city joins Kalamazoo and Royal Oak as part of a broader campaign to bring the electoral process to state elections. The failure of the swearing-in date ballot proposal will bring East Lansing out of sync with the state's election certification timeline.

Kerry Ebersole Singh, Mark Meadows and Erik Altmann prevailed in a crowded race to serve on the East Lansing City Council.

If approved, the ballot question would have expanded the East Lansing City Council from five to seven members.

Lansing voters elected Tamera Carter and Trini Lopez Pehlivanoglu to serve in at-large seats on the City Council. The two will be sworn into office in January.

The Capital City will draft new rules and regulations for the city's government during a years-long revision process.

Residents in East Lansing, Kalamazoo and Royal Oak are considering ballot questions that could change the way votes are counted in those cities. But current state law poses another challenge.

In March, state lawmakers amended the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Even after Michiganders approved a proposal last year to expand voting rights, any potential efforts to suppress the vote remain a concern for communities of color.