Thirty-six candidates are running for nine spots on the Lansing Charter Commission on May 7. The winners will be tasked with revising and rewriting Michigan’s state capital’s city charter over the coming years.
Last November, Lansing voters approved a ballot question calling for the creation of the charter commission, with 52% voting in favor. The city’s current charter, enacted in 1978, requires residents to vote on whether to create a charter commission every 12 years, with 2023 being the first time voters approved the measure. In 2011, the last time commission creation was on the ballot, 65% of voters rejected the proposal.
As a result of last November’s vote, Lansing voters must now select who will serve on the charter commission.
