VIP Specification: BallotMeasureContest

list: Return all proposals for upcoming elections.

retrieve: Return a specific proposal for an upcoming election.

GET /api/proposals/8895/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "http://michiganelections.io/api/proposals/8895/?format=api",
    "id": 8895,
    "name": "Bicycle Path Millage Proposition",
    "description": "Shall an increase in the Charter Township tax limitation (5 mills) upon the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed upon real and tangible personal property of all purposes in any one year under Michigan law be approved for the Charter Township of Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, for .55 mills (which is equal to $0.55 per $1,000 of taxable value of all such property for a period of four (4) years, 2025 through 2028, inclusive, and shall the Charter Township of Holland be authorized to levy such tax? The purpose of the millage (which will result in an estimated amount of revenue that will be collected in the first year that the millage is authorized and levied of approximately $1,000,772) is for paying costs for planning, construction, right-of-way acquisition, maintenance, reconstruction, operation, and completion of bicycle paths.",
    "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/1173/?format=api",
        "id": 1173,
        "category": "Jurisdiction",
        "name": "Township of Holland"
    }
}