The Headlines With only six days until voting starts in Michigan (and 46 days until voting ends), Voters Not Politicians is focused on making sure voters know that democracy is on the ballot beyond the top of the ticket. We’ve launched a massive grassroots campaign to reach voters across the state with the message to […]
Read More >The Headlines Earlier this week, I sent out our most recent Voters Not Politicians newsletter that gave details on two of our biggest voter contact programs across the VNP family of organizations: My City Votes 2024, and our work to build public awareness of the Michigan Supreme Court election. I’d like to give you more […]
Read More >The Headlines There are only 34 days until voting starts in Michigan for the November election. Absentee ballots will be available for voters beginning next month, so it’s time for all hands on deck to contact voters and make sure they know that democracy is on the ballot this year, in races up and down […]
Read More >The Headlines Michigan’s primary election on Tuesday proved that everything we’ve done to improve our democracy is working, but there is still room for improvement. Here are the toplines of what I saw in this primary. The Details Voter Turnout Election Protection Pro-Voter Candidates What’s Next With so much attention being given to the presidential […]
Read More >The Headlines Primary Election Day 2024 is just a few days away, so I wanted to share a few concerns that are on my mind, as well as an election success from Voters Ed Fund. First, an unprecedented number of elected local clerk positions have no one running to fill them this year. Local clerks […]
Read More >The Headlines As expected, the federal court has officially ordered the map submitted by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to be adopted and used for Michigan State Senate elections through 2030. That means this redraw is officially over! When this court-ordered redraw started, many bad outcomes were possible, including legislative district maps created by […]
Read More >The Headlines There’s no news on the redraw this week, as we await responses from both parties to the Reviewing Special Master’s report. The court’s final decision is due by next Friday, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it comes sooner than that, and will update you as soon as it does. While Voters Not […]
Read More >The Headlines Last Friday was the deadline for the plaintiffs to submit any objections to the maps that the MICRC submitted to the court, and as expected, they had none. Now we are only waiting on the Reviewing Special Master’s report and final court approval to make the new state senate maps official. That means […]
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