by Joe Menard...

Facing mounting deficits and the prospect of midyear state budget cuts, several local school districts are giving up stand-alone elections in favor of ballots combined with national, state and local contests. In the last two months, at least six Metro Detroit school districts have voted to end separate May elections and switch the contests to November, a move that will save them thousands of dollars each year...

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