One Michigan ballot campaign done in the field, others say they're close

As policymakers in Lansing debate lowering property taxes, a campaign to do away with them entirely is checking to see if it might qualify for the November ballot.

The group, AxMITax, needs to submit 446,198 petition signatures to get on the November ballot. It shot for gathering far more than that, in case some are deemed invalid.

Executive Director Karla Wagner said the campaign finished collecting signatures in the fall and is now waiting to get all of its petition sheets back from volunteers. She estimated around 2,500 people helped out, far more than past election cycles when Wagner sought to get on the ballot.

Wagner pledged to keep trying if her volunteers are unsuccessful this time around. She said plans for property tax cuts, like a ten percent proposed property tax discount for some older adults, won’t stop people from being unable to afford their tax bills.



https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-02-16/one-michigan-ballot-campaign-done-in-the-field-others-say-theyre-close