Two grants to improve elections have been awarded to the city of Benton Harbor. City commissioners this week voted to accept $10,000 from the More Responsive Government 2024 Grant Program to purchase two new tabulators for absentee ballots. City Clerk Tiffany Moore told them about the other grant. “$7,000 from the Voters Not Politicians Education […]
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“Citizen Lobbying: Advocating to Your Local Government” was recently presented virtually by the Democracy Academy, as a project of the Voters Not Politicians Education Fund (Voters Ed Fund). Voters Not Politicians is a voter-led prodemocracy political reform movement in Michigan. “Learning how lobbying can be used is a force for change at the local level,” […]
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Voters Not Politicians Education Fund (Voters Ed Fund) is relaunching Democracy Academy for its second year of empowering local residents to promote voting and civic participation in their communities! The first 2024 Democracy Academy workshop will be hosted virtually on Wednesday, March 20 at 6 p.m. The topic will be “Your Community Your Government: Making the Case […]
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Voters Not Politicians Education Fund (Voters Ed Fund), in partnership with the North Flint Neighborhood Action Council and Concerned Pastors for Social Action, recently hosted the “Flint Voter Access Town Hall.” There, the many residents who attended were able to discuss how to navigate new changes to Michigan’s voting laws as community leaders addressed expectations of voter […]
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Grand Rapids’ LINK UP hosted a town hall Wednesday evening devoted to educating the public about new Michigan voting laws. The Grand Rapids Voter Access Town Hall is bringing together community leaders along with Kent County and Grand Rapids government officials focused on helping community members navigate new voting laws. In particular, new voting rights […]
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The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission largely avoided the deadlocks and partisan divides that plagued other states. And as their self-imposed end-of-year deadline loomed, commissioners approved a final product with fewer fireworks than many expected. Many national redistricting observers view that as a win. “We didn’t have people running out of the room crying or […]
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A three-judge panel dismissed a claim Friday by Michigan Republicans who alleged that the new congressional district map drawn by the state’s redistricting commission arbitrarily divided counties and municipalities. The Republicans who sued the commissioners argued that counties and municipalities constitute “communities of interest” — such as “populations that share cultural or historical characteristics or economic interests” — that the Michigan […]
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edistricting process took steps Monday to defend the commission’s work in court against a lawsuit brought by Republicans challenging the new congressional map.
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