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The Franklin County ballot issues affecting your wallet

Columbus City Hall. Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios All politics is local, the saying goes, and nothing's more local than the ballot items' impact on your communities and schools. Driving the news: The Franklin County Board of Elections published filed for the November General Election. (Yes, it's always election season in Ohio.) Here's what caught our eye: New school funding?Levy proposals were filed by the Madison-Plains, New Albany-Plain, Pickerington, Upper Arlington and Worthington school districts.Of note: The Columbus Board of Education voted 6-0 on Aug. 16 to pull Columbus City Schools' initial from the ballot. Wide-ranging Columbus investmentsFive separate bond packages totaling $1.5 billion in health programs, infrastructure, affordable housing, parks projects and more. ? Funding for seniorsAll Franklin County voters will decide on a tax levy renewal benefitting senior citizens.Other local issues include electric aggregation programs in Hilliard and Marble Cliff, a police levy in Franklin Twp. and a levy for village expenses in Minerva Park. No more self-dealing initiativesColumbus' ballot will feature three charter amendments, most notably one cracking down on the citizen initiative process — in direct response to last year's .Reynoldsburg also has a half-dozen charter amendments on the ballot related to its city government. Editor's note: This story was updated to show the board voted 6-0 on Aug. 16 to pull a from the ballot. Get more local stories in your inbox with .Subscribe Support local journalism by becoming a member.

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