Michigan City schools seek recanvass after referendum loss

Michigan City Area Schools plans to request a recanvass after its referendum failed. A recanvass is a review of the election count; the district’s request is the next reported step in the referendum process.

Michigan City request

The school district’s referendum did not pass. The district plans to ask for the vote to be recanvassed, but the result of that request has not been reported here.

The request does not change the reported referendum result by itself. Any change would depend on the recanvass process and the final determination by election officials.

Other Northwest Indiana results

Other school districts in Northwest Indiana passed referendums in the same election. The districts, vote totals and purposes of those measures are not identified here, so no comparison can be made about their size or funding plans.

What happens next

The immediate development is Michigan City Area Schools’ planned recanvass request. The next steps are the filing of that request, the review of the count and the final result of the review.