VIP Specification: BallotMeasureContest

list: Return all proposals for upcoming elections.

retrieve: Return a specific proposal for an upcoming election.

GET /api/proposals/8837/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/proposals/8837/?format=api",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Alanson Public Schools Bonding Proposal",
    "description": "Shall Alanson Public Schools, Emmet County, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,200,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefor for the purpose of:\n\nremodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, and equipping and re-equipping theschool building and the bus garage; purchasing school buses; acquiring andinstalling instructional technology in the school building; and preparing,developing, and improving the school site?\nThe following is for informational purposes only:\n\nThe estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2024 is .82 mill ($0.82 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation). The maximum number of years the bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of any refunding, is ten (10) years. The estimated simple average annual millage anticipated to be required to retire this bond debt is 1.17 mills ($1.17 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation).\n(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.)",
    "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/2199/?format=api",
        "id": 2199,
        "category": "Local School District",
        "name": "Alanson Public Schools"
    }
}