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Your 2008 Full Democratic Slate

October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

Barack Obama President
Joe Biden Vice President
Carl Levin U.S Senate
Andrew Concannon U.S Congress 4th District
Robert Alexander U.S Senate 8th District
STATE CANDIDATES
Judy Ford State Rep 85th District
John Austin State Board of Education
Kathy Straus State Board of Education
Larry Dietch UofM Board of Regents
Denise Illitch UofM Board of Regents
Diane Byrum MSU Board of Trustees
Diane Woodard MSU Board of Trustees
Paul […]

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Meet The Candidates In Corunna Tonight

October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off

Corunna VFW Meet The Candidates
416 S. Shiawassee St. Corunna MI
Tonight Monday OCT 13th at 7PM
CANDIDATES, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, YOU MAY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE READ A 2 TO 3 MINUTE MESSAGE FROM YOU.
CANDIDATES MAY BRING LIT—BUT BE SURE TO PICK UP YOUR LIT WHEN YOU LEAVE

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Shiawassee Dems Video Wall Update

October 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

We’ve added two new videos to our video wall on the left.  The first makes it clear why it is so important for voters to elect Judge Diane Hathaway to the Michigan Supreme Court in November.  The second is a compilation of witness statements on John McCain’s anger problems.
For more videos, visit the Michigan Democratic […]

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Rasmussen Poll Shows Obama With 16 Point Lead In Michigan

October 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

A recent Rasmussen survey shows Obama leads McCain 56% to 40% in Michigan, up from 51% to 44% just one month ago.

Sixty percent (60%) of Michigan voters now rate the economy as the most important issue in the election, an increase of eight points from a month ago. National security is most important to […]

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Michigan Supreme Court Found To Be Worst In US

October 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

There’s an article on Blogging For Michigan regarding a Chicago Law School study (pdf) on America’s Supreme Courts.  The study used three criteria to evaluate the courts:

productivity - the number of opinions a judge publishes in a year. Published opinions force a judge to explain his or her reasoning to the parties to the case […]

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STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE CALENDAR

October 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

We have provided a calendar for you to keep up to date with all the current events going on. We are posting our local candidates fundraisers, events, etc. We will also post any Candidate forums/debates that we are made aware of. Stay up to date and check the Calendar often. If you know of an […]

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Are You Registered?

October 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

Monday October 6 is the last day to register to vote.  Even if you have previously registered and voted, you should visit this website to check your status - https://services2.sos.state.mi.us/mivote/
You can also visit that site to get a sample ballot, the name of your local clerk, and your voting location.

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Senate Republicans Kill Easier Absentee Voting

October 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off

LANSING –In the Senate today, Sen. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) and Sen. Gilda Z. Jacobs’ (D-Huntington Woods) efforts to achieve a full vote on no reason absentee voting legislation were postponed until after the election by Senate Republicans Majority. The Senate had the power to take up House Bill 4048, after its passage in the […]

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