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CASSOPOLIS — With nearly 98 percent of the precincts reporting, several local and state proposals are locked in tight battles as of 12:3- a.m.

In Cass County, the Edwardsburg Public Schools Bonding Proposal is losing 2,833 to 2,036.

The Milton Township Law Enforcement Millage is losing 808 to 718.

State Proposal 22-1 winning 11,828 to 7,826. The proposal would amend the state constitution to require annual public financial disclosure reports by legislators and other state officers and change state legislator term limit to 12 total years in legislature

This proposed constitutional amendment would:

• Require members of legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general file annual public financial disclosure reports after 2023, including assets, liabilities, income sources, future employment agreements, gifts, travel reimbursements, and positions held in organizations except religious, social, and political organizations.
• Require legislature implement but not limit or restrict reporting requirements.
• Replace current term limits for state representatives and state senators with a 12-year total limit in any combination between house and senate, except a person elected to senate in 2022 may be elected the number of times allowed when that person became a candidate.

State Proposal 2 is keading 9,896 to 9,891. This proposal would amend the state constitution to add provisions regarding elections.

This proposed constitutional amendment would:

• Recognize fundamental right to vote without harassing conduct;
• Require military or overseas ballots be counted if postmarked by election day;
• Provide voter right to verify identity with photo ID or signed statement;
• Provide voter right to single application to vote absentee in all elections;
• Require state-funded absentee-ballot drop boxes, and postage for absentee applications and ballots;

• Provide that only election officials may conduct post-election audits;
• Require nine days of early in-person voting;
• Allow donations to fund elections, which must be disclosed;
• Require canvass boards certify election results based only on the official records of votes cast.

State Proposal 22-3 is losing 11,583 to 8,409. This proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy and abortion; allow state to regulate abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established

This proposed constitutional amendment would:

• Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and

carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum

care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility;

• Allow state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed

to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health;

• Forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an

individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by

this amendment;

• Invalidate state laws conflicting with this amendment.