October 2012
4 posts
“It is really a burden on the right to vote in terms of slowing things down, in...”
– U.S. District Court Judge Paul D. Borman on Friday in a preliminary ruling about requiring citizenship checkboxes on the November voter ballot applications. A written ruling is expected Tuesday.
Here’s what voters had to say before the ruling:
“It makes no sense. In order for me to vote and receive...
Wayne State University students respond to the...
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By Nicholas Pizana for The 12
President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are both eager to draw in undecided voters as Nov. 6 draws closer.
Wednesday’s debate gave both candidates the opportunity to discuss their views on domestic issues. Students at Wayne State University in Detroit chimed in after it with their reactions to the night’s performances.
“President Obama was...
“The ability to vote exists as one of our most cherished constitutional rights....”
– Toine Murphy of the NAACP, speaking Tuesday at Wayne State University in Michigan during a Rock the Vote voter registration drive.
The visit was part of Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson’s 20-city tour of public universities and community colleges to get students registered.
“Make a...
Michigan's officials to challenge "citizenship... →
2012swingstates:
On Friday, Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and civil rights organizations will present their case opposing the “citizenship box” that will appear on ballots in the upcoming election.
Voters will either have to check a box stating they are a U.S. citizen or hear a statement that only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote from a poll worker. But civil rights organizations say...
September 2012
1 post
“Michigan is just so critical. I mean there are just a handful of states that...”
– Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan to Michigan volunteers Saturday, via conference call, as they prepared to rally support.
Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, campaigned in three western Michigan cities over the weekend. Biden spoke at campaign offices in Grand Rapids and...
August 2012
13 posts
WHEN I GOT MY BALLOT MAILED TO MY COLLEGE ADDRESS
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WHEN I GOT MY BALLOT MAILED TO MY COLLEGE ADDRESS
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Election fraud case shut down while it still was... →
2012swingstates:
The Grand Rapids election fraud investigation was closed as a “mutual decision” between Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth and the State Police. No criminal laws were broken by State Rep. Roy Schmidt (R) or House Speaker Jase Bolger (R) in an attempt to pay a Democrat to run in the race. The “Democrat” had no intention of campaigning.
The Office of Secretary of State is...
“They acted above the law, as if it didn’t apply to them”
– Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette about four former staffers for former U.S. Rep.Thaddeus McCotter (R).
The staffers were charged with falsifying election petitions and are charged with misdemeanors, including election law forgery, conspiracy to commit a legal act in an illegal manner and...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker to campaign for Obama in...
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Cory Booker is here to campaign for Obama: He says: “This president has been the most accessible White House I’ve ever seen.”
— FreepOpinion (@FreepOpinion) August 9, 2012
Booker campaigned in Detroit on Thursday and will host a roundtable in Flint on Friday.
“They acted above the law, as if it didn’t apply to them”
– Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette about four former staffers for former U.S. Rep.Thaddeus McCotter (R).
The staffers were charged with falsifying election petitions and are charged with misdemeanors, including election law forgery, conspiracy to commit a legal act in an illegal manner and...
The 12 | Tumbling the 2012 campaign: Voter Voices... →
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Would you say you, yourself are better off financially than you were when Obama became president, not as well off, or in about the same shape as then financially?
“I’m about in the same shape financially now as I was before he became president,” said Carinna Dennis. a Wayne State University…
Ruling on too-small type could derail 7 ballot... →
2012swingstates:
A petition to repeal the state’s emergency manager law and another to strengthen collective-bargaining rights are among the seven Michigan ballot initiatives that could be ruled invalid because of their type size.
A law that has been in place for 47 years requires the wording on petitions to be 14-point type; however, the petitions in question measure closer to a 12-point...
New Michigan poll shows Obama back in lead →
2012swingstates:
President Obama leads Romney in Michigan, 48-42, in a poll released Wednesday by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA. The poll of 600 likely voters was conducted in late July.
In June, an EPIC-MRA poll showed Romney leading Obama 46-45.
In the past week, Rasmussen Reports and Public Policy Polling showed Obama leading in Michigan, while Mitchell Research had Romney with a one point lead,...
July 2012
13 posts
Costly primary to replace Rep. McCotter in... →
2012swingstates:
A special primary election, which will cost taxpayers $650,000 in Wayne and Oakland counties as well as the communities in the 11th Congressional District, is on for Sept. 5 after none of the five Republican candidates withdrew from the race.
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By the time the vote is certified, and figuring in the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the person who actually wins the special...
Gary Glenn suspends campaign, backs Clark Durant →
Report: Schmidt, Bolger attempted 'fraud' in race... →
2012swingstates:
State Rep. Roy Schmidt (R-Grand Rapids) and House Speaker James “Jase” Bolger (R-Marshall) attempted to insure Schmidt’s incumbent victory by finding a “fake” opponent to run in the 76th District. The “Democrat”, Matt Mojzak, had no intention of winning the election.
In Michigan, it is not a crime to pay placeholders to be on ballots. Schmidt and Bolger will not be charged;...
McCain to court Michigan veterans for Romney →
2012swingstates:
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be in Michigan on Monday to gather veteran support for Romney’s campaign. Ten to 15 veterans will attend the roundtable discussion in Utica, which will be closed to the public.
McCain is expected to attend fundraisers in both Bloomfield Hills and Detroit during his stay in the state.
Special election to replace McCotter could be... →
2012swingstates:
Republican Nancy Cassis of Novi may withdraw from the special election to fill the final six to seven weeks left of Thaddeus McCotter’s congressional term after it was reported the election would cost Michigan taxpayers $650,000.
McCotter retired from office after a scandal involving invalid signatures to run for Republican primary in his district.
“I think Obama would do an extraordinary job addressing women’s issues as...”
– This is what a teacher from Detroit said in response to our Liberty, through the lens question.
Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job addressing women’s issues – Obama or Romney? Why?
(via 2012swingstates)
“Obama as he, under his healthcare plan, wants to make women’s preventive care...”
– Naomi Coleman, a Wayne State University student from Detroit and a Democrat, responds to our Liberty, through the lens question.
Regardless of who you support, which candidate do you trust to do a better job addressing women’s issues – Obama or Romney? Why?
(via 2012swingstates)
It keeps getting better. Special election to fill #mccotter’s seat is going to cost locals $650,000.
— Kathy Gray (@michpolig
Gov. Snyder disappoints GOP allies, vetoes voter... →
2012swingstates:
Gov. Rick Snyder (R) on Thursday vetoed several the “voter ID laws” that the Republican-led state legislature had approved. Among the bills vetoed were those requiring photo ID for first-time voter registration or to obtain an absentee ballot.
Snyder did sign measures removing the names of dead or departed voters from the registration rolls.
June 2012
15 posts
Down to the wire on student loans
2012swingstates:
The House and Senate are poised to vote today on a package that will keep student loan rates from doubling on Sunday.
mtvpowerof12:
beyonce isn’t the only one counting down until student loan interest rates double on july 1st.
Snyder: Michigan to launch affordable health... →
Nearly 114K Michigan families would health... →
2012swingstates:
Michiganders under individual or small business insurance plans may be eligible for a rebate under a provisions by the Affordable Care Act. Michigan is one of 26 states challenging the law, on which the U.S. Supreme Court will rule as early as Monday.
“It will help generate construction jobs immediately and more jobs in the future...”
– U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), in the Detroit Free Press, on the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program (TIGER), which will provide a $10-million federal grant to improve bike and pedestrian connections within Detroit and surrounding areas. Detroiters can look forward to...
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Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, visited Detroit last week as part of a tour to tout the Affordable Care Act, including an announcement that Michigan will receive $3.6 million in grant money to support three metro Detroit community health centers.
The pending Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act should not affect the grant,...
“There is no excuse for state government to hang on to more money than it needs.”
– Rep. Nancy Jenkins (R), on votes in the Michigan state legislature that would lower the personal income tax rate in the state. Both the senate and the house in Lansing approved measures to lower the income tax rates on Thursday. (via 2012swingstates)
“The question of when is probably more important than the question of whether.”
– Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). Levin, Armed Services Committee chairman, is optimistic that a debt deal will be reached before the November elections.
“Eighty or 90 percent of us would really like to avoid it,” Levin said regarding a middle-class tax hike that will go into effect in 2013 if action isn’t...
What the charter says →
After the court ruling on June 13, the claims for the actions taken by both Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon and Mayor Dave Bing are presented from the Detroit City Charter.
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“You don’t put the city at risk of not being able to pay our police...”
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Detroit was on the brink of a major fiscal crisis. The State of Michigan threatened to withhold $80 million in revenue sharing unless a lawsuit brought on by Detroit Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon was dropped. Efforts to keep Detroit from having a financial advisory board oversee the city’s...
“If this bill were to become law, it would unravel health care reform.”
– U.S. Rep. Sander M. Levin (D-Mich.), in reference to a vote in the house last week in favor of repealing a tax on medical devices. The tax, which is to be implemented in January, was intended to offset costs of subsidizing insurance coverage as part of the Obama health care law.
Proponents of the...
“This is not brain surgery. It should be an FBI person, maybe a CIA person. If...”
– Former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra (R) made news last week by saying he would create an office that would verify a presidential candidate’s citizenship. “Birtherism” is not prevalent in Michigan. Hoekstra currently is the GOP front-runner to challenge Debbie Stabenow (D) for her U.S. Senate...
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Will new voter ID laws hurt Democrats in Michigan?
Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm said on her Current TV show The War Room that Michigan’s Republican-led state legislature is passing bills that will hurt the Democratic Party during this and possibly future elections, such as Michigan’s new “Voter ID” laws.
Senate Bills 751, 754 and 803 went into effect on June...
The 12 | Tumbling the 2012 campaign: Romney leads... →
2012swingstates:
A poll released by EPIC-MRA of Lansing shows Mitt Romney ahead in Michigan by one point, 46 percent to Obama’s 45 percent. In an earlier poll by EPIC, President Obama was ahead, 47%-43%. These poll results show a major shift from Public Polling Policy’s poll released in late May, where Obama…
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WatchAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concussions or TBIs tend to occur most often during the following sports: bicycling, football, basketball, and soccer. For those aged 10-19, males were most likely to obtain TBIs during football or cycling; while among females basketball, soccer and bicycling caused the most problems.
Michigan is on its way to passing a bill to help...
May 2012
1 post
