By Amanda Lammon, State Field Director | May 3, 2022 Ask anyone: Voters Not Politicians volunteers are the best volunteers! Since getting petitions back in hand our volunteers have braved snow and hail and collected more than 20,000 signatures. (Pictured above: Lisa Jevens and Marie Knoerl going all out to gather signatures) As soon as VNP […]
Read More >By Melissa Horste | May 3, 2022 The Voters Not Politicians Education Fund (Voters Ed Fund) started the year strong with a $300,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. This grant will support the Voters Ed Fund as we share the lessons learned from Michigan’s historic inaugural independent redistricting process, expand […]
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April 4, 2022 Meet Lyn Pawloski Thousands of volunteers collected more than 428,000 signatures in 110 days in 2018 to put Proposal 2 on the ballot. There are a handful of volunteers who stood out among the rest for the sheer number of signatures they collected. This elite squad of passionate volunteers have been aptly […]
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By Charlie Beall | April 4, 2022 Since late December 2021, a team of volunteers, staff, and fellows have been engaged in exhaustive retrospective work to understand the successes and shortcomings of supporting Communities of Interest and the public to engage in Michigan’s new redistricting process. This team has been actively working to identify attitudes, takeaways, […]
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By Mary Brown and Laura DeLind | April 4, 2022 Democracy requires dedication, and diversity. But just as important – or maybe even more important – it requires TEAM WORK. Here in Mid-Michigan, we have a wonderful team of VNP volunteers who bring together their individual strengths, weaving them into a dynamic, powerful, and effective whole. […]
Read More >By Nancy Wang As the drafters of the constitutional amendment that created the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and the primary supporters of the ballot initiative that approved it, VNP has a distinctly strong interest in ensuring that the Commission functions as intended and that efforts to undermine its authority or undo the purpose of […]
Read More >By Kim Murphy-Kovalick In order to get the Promote the Vote 2022 constitutional amendment on the November 2022 ballot, the coalition has to submit 425,059 valid signatures by July 11. VNP volunteers are enthusiastically answering the call to action! We are excited to work alongside coalition partners including the League of Women Voters of Michigan, […]
Read More >by Charlie Beall On December 28th 2022, the inaugural Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission approved final maps, making history. Our 2022 Evaluation Project seeks to build a fact-based analysis of how Proposal 18-2 was implemented in the State of Michigan following its passage by 61% of voters in 2018. Following the completion of an exhaustive […]
Read More >Volunteer Spotlight: Rochelle Rubin You will need a good pair of shoes if you are going to keep up with VNP volunteer Rochelle Rubin. As a VNP Field Coordinator, hiker, tennis player, voracious reader, and educator, Rochelle is constantly on her toes. When Rochelle finds time to sit down, she often finds herself COL (Cat […]
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February 9, 2022 With our new Promote the Vote 2022 ballot initiative campaign underway, it’s fun to look back on, and take inspiration from, what made our Prop 2 campaign in 2018 so successful. Most VNP volunteers will recognize Betsy Robbins who gained notoriety on the 2018 campaign trail for her fun and entertaining songs […]
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