Voters in Saugatuck, Holland school districts head to polls May 5

Township-wide voting is on Aug.4, Nov 3 with early voting in those elections.

Laketown Township residents in Precinct 1 and Precinct 3 head to the polls on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the township hall, 4338 Beeline Road.

Laketown Township residents in Precinct 1 and Precinct 3 head to the polls on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the township hall, 4338 Beeline Road.

For more information on the election, visit the Laketown website here, Allegan County here, or contact Laketown Township Deputy Clerk Zoey Hallam at (616) 335-3050.

Hallam will be available at the township hall from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, for the purpose of registering voters.

Holland Public Schools

Laketown voters in Precinct 1 will decide on a sinking fund millage:

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF HOLLAND SINKING FUND MILLAGE PROPOSAL

Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed again tall property in the School District of the City of Holland, Ottawa and Allegan Counties, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed 1.25 mills ($1.25 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 10 years, 2027 to 2036, inclusive, to create a sinking fund for the purchase of real estate for sites for and the construction or repair of school buildings; for school security improvements; for the acquisition or upgrading of technology; for the acquisition of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used for the maintenance of student transportation vehicles; for the acquisition of eligible trucks and van used to carry parts, equipment, and personnel for or in the maintenance of school building ; for the acquisition of parts, supplies, and equipment used to maintain such trucks and vans; and all other purposes authorized by law; the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2027 is approximately $2,540,000?

Saugatuck Public Schools

Laketown voters in Precinct 3 will decide on a sinking fund millage:

SAUGATUCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINKING FUND MILLAGE PROPOSAL

This proposal renews building and site sinking fund millage that expired with the 2025 tax levy and restores millage lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963. Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property in Saugatuck Public Schools, Allegan County, Michigan, be increased by and the board of education be authorized to levy not to exceed .5 mill ($0.50 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a period of 3 years, 2026, 2027 and 2028, for sinking fund purposes to be used for the purchase of real estate for sites, for the construction or repair of school buildings, for school security improvements, for the acquisition or upgrading of technology, and for all other purposes authorized by law (.4812 mill of the above is a renewal of millage for building and site sinking fund purposes that expired with the 2025 tax levy and .0188 mill is to restore millage for the same purpose lost as a result of the reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963); the estimate of the revenue the school district will collect if the millage is approved and levied in 2026 is approximately $527,000?

Upcoming elections

All eligible residents in the township will have the opportunity to vote:

  • Tuesday, Aug. 4, Primary Election with nine days of early voting (July 25 through Aug. 2).
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3, General Election with nine days of early voting (Oct. 24 through Nov. 1).