GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – As of press time there was no news on thevoting results of the bank conversion attempt of the $1.1 billionLake Michigan Credit Union. Credit union members had their lastcrack at the ballot box on December 8 at a special meeting wherealmost all of the members who rose to speak took issue with thecredit union leadership for making the move. Under state law, 66%of the members who vote in the ballot must vote yes for the measureto go forward. That means with an estimated more than 37,000ballots turned in, the credit union will have to receive yes votesfrom more than 24,000 of them.

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