VIP Specification: BallotMeasureContest

list: Return all proposals for upcoming elections.

retrieve: Return a specific proposal for an upcoming election.

GET /api/proposals/8834/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/proposals/8834/?format=api",
    "id": 8834,
    "name": "St. Joseph Public Schools Bond Proposal",
    "description": "Shall St. Joseph Public Schools, Berrien County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Ninety-Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($98,500,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor, in one or more series, for the purpose of:\n\nremodeling, making security improvements to, erecting additions to, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping school buildings; acquiring and installing instructional technology and instructional technology equipment for school buildings; purchasing school buses; acquiring a school building; and equipping, developing and improving playgrounds, play fields, athletic fields and facilities, parking areas, driveways and sites?\n\nThe following is for informational purposes only:\n\nThe estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2024 is 2.56 mills ($2.56 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a 1.95 mills net increase over the prior year’s levy. The maximum number of years the bonds of any series may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is twenty-five (25) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 3.24 mills ($3.24 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).",
    "reference_url": null,
    "election": {
        "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/elections/56/?format=api",
        "id": 56,
        "name": "May Consolidated",
        "date": "2024-05-07",
        "date_humanized": "Tuesday, May 7th",
        "active": true,
        "proposals_count": 107,
        "positions_count": 19,
        "reference_url": null
    },
    "district": {
        "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/districts/1897/?format=api",
        "id": 1897,
        "category": "Local School District",
        "name": "St. Joseph Public Schools"
    }
}