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Haven’t Received an Absentee Ballot Application? Apply Online!
Wednesday , 17, June 2020 Election 2020, Vote by Mail Leave a commentOn May 19, 2020, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced all registered voters in Michigan would receive an absentee ballot application in the mail. Voters in the state gratefully cheered the announcement, as many worry about standing in line voting in person during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forcing people to stand in line, like Republican lawmakers […]
Voter Apathy Hasn’t Changed in 30 Years and Neither Has the Reason Why
Tuesday , 14, July 2015 Elections, Gerrymandering The Vote, Vote By Mail Petition Leave a commentIn an editorial published in the New York Times on November 25, 1988, entitled, “One Reason Voters Didn’t Vote”, the argument was made that people stayed home simply because they weren’t registered to vote. According to a New York Times/CBS News post-election survey, they tended to be younger, poorer and less educated than voters. Why […]
Petition Campaign For Vote-By-Mail Begins: Let’s Vote, Michigan!
Friday , 5, June 2015 Community 2 CommentsBack in November of 2014 Up North Progressive published a story about how one state in the US had a significantly high turnout of voters despite it being a midterm election. The reason why they had a successful election while everyone else battled apathy and GOP-fueled disenfranchisement was because every registered voter in that state […]
Frank Kelley Worries About Democracy In Michigan: May We Suggest A Solution?
Tuesday , 6, January 2015 Candidates, Community 3 CommentsIn a Detroit Free Press interview, Former Attorney General Frank Kelley talks about the state of democracy in Michigan and his fears of voter apathy. He recognizes that the biggest problems are the levels of corporate money being spent on elections intimidating voters into thinking their vote doesn’t matter, and also the anti-government rhetoric of […]