Proposal 1 is Road Kill: 80 Percent Voted “No”

Governor Rick Snyder says he’ll work with lawmakers to find a new way to fix roads.

Michigan voters have soundly rejected Proposal 1Governor Rick Snyder’s $2 billion plan to fund road repairs without siphoning money from schools and local governments. As Michigan Public Radio’s Rick Pluta reports, the loss sends the governor and the legislature back to the bargaining table, because almost everyone still agrees: roads are bad.

Here are the latest unofficial election returns from the Michigan Secretary of State.

 

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