Dear Friends,

The County has finished posting their unofficial election results, and WE DID IT! Not only did both AAPS millage proposals win handily, they won in just about every precinct. (Preliminary results below.)

Perhaps even more important, we broke out of the relatively low turnout for school elections and came very close to getting 10,000 votes cast on each of the proposals.

Here are answers to some questions we've been hearing, in no particular order.

The questions: Will my taxes go up? Why does the wording on the ballot say "increase"? What's this about 12 mills on homestead property when you say it's now 4.7 mills? How do these things show up on my tax bill? If I'm not happy about some past city millages, why should I vote for these? Is this another bond?

Read more for the answers!

Some voting precincts get consolidated for the May school elections, and sometimes that means you vote in a different place.

Some voters, especially in townships outside the city of Ann Arbor, may need to vote at a polling place that's different from where they will vote in November. Also, some townships have changed precinct boundaries.

Please check where you vote by visiting WashtenawVotes.org, a service provided by Washtenaw County to help people find their correct voting places.

You can also use a link on that page to check if you are registered to vote, and if they have your correct address recorded.

Please help us get out the vote!

Ballot proposals always seem to be written so that only a lawyer could understand them. Anyway, who has time to read them while people tap their feet waiting for your voting booth? Fear not, dear reader - we're here to help.