May 8, 2012 – ELECTION DAY

REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE CITY OF BLOOMFIELD HILLS WILL BE GOING TO THE POLLS ON TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 TO CAST THEIR VOTES ON THE FOLLOWING:

Citywide: City Commissioner – Vote for two (Two year term)

Bloomfield Hills School District: School Bond Proposal

Shall Bloomfield Hills Schools, Oakland County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Fifty-Eight Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($58,650,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds in one or more series therefor, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping a high school, which will require utilizing, remodeling, refurnishing and reequipping portions of the existing Andover High School; acquiring and installing educational technology; erecting, furnishing, equipping and improving performing arts facilities and athletic facilities and fields; and preparing, developing and improving sites? The following is for informational purposes only: The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 1.16 mills ($1.16 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2014 is ..63 mill ($0.63 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-six (26) years.(Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited and the proceeds cannot be used for repair or maintenance costs, teacher, administrator or employee salaries, or other operating expenses.)

ATTENTION:

NEW TECHNOLOGY IN POLLING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY

Voters in the City of Bloomfield Hills will notice an exciting change at the polling locations on Election Day. Election workers will be using laptops to check in voters using the Electronic Poll Book (EPB) system. The EPB system has been implemented with great success across the State in various communities over the last 3 years. With the laptop method, voters won’t have to divide into alphabetical lines based on your last name to receive a ballot. Two election workers will be searching for a voter on the laptop and issuing the voter a ballot. Voted ballots will continue to be processed and counted in the same manner, only the voter check-in process will be modified. We appreciate your patience at the polls during the transition with this new technology.

ELECTION INSPECTORS - A BIG THANK-YOU!

Thank-you to the hard working election inspectors who serve our community on Election Day! These citizens have dedicated much time to learning the election process and work a long day (and night) to make sure every voter has the opportunity to participate in the democratic process. Election Day wouldn’t happen without them!

Polling Locations will be open from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Precinct # 1: Fire Station – 45 E. Long Lake Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Precinct # 2: Congregational Church of Birmingham – 1000 Cranbrook Road Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Amy L. Burton, City Clerk aburton@bloomfieldhillsmi.net (248) 530-1403 phone