Michigan City school referendum fails as other measures pass

Election results

The Michigan City school referendum was rejected. Measures in other local school districts passed.

The results produced different outcomes for school funding questions across the area. Michigan City’s proposal did not receive voter approval, while proposals in other local districts did.

What the results mean

A rejected referendum does not become an approved school funding measure. The measures that passed in other districts cleared the local vote and can move forward through the next steps of the school referendum process.

The outcomes apply to the individual districts that placed measures before voters. Approval in one district does not approve a proposal in another, and the rejection of Michigan City’s referendum does not determine the result elsewhere.

Local context

School referendums are decided district by district. The Michigan City result and the approvals in other local districts show that voters did not reach the same decision on every measure considered in the election.

WSBT News reported the referendum results. No candidate or political party is involved in the outcome described here.

What comes next

The districts whose measures passed will handle the next steps for those approved proposals. Michigan City officials will have to address the rejection of the referendum through the district’s future planning and decision-making process.