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Last week, Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a motion with the 6th U.S. District Court of Appeals asking them to stay or vacate the U.S. District Court’s ruling against the state’s ban on straight-ticket voting (see prior article).  This week, the three Judges on the Appeals Court unanimously denied the motion seeking to keep in […]

Joe Kent, a Republican candidate in the 46th House District primary race, has requested a recount of the August 2 primary election results after losing the primary race by only 29 votes.  Given the small margin, he filed a request with the Bureau of Elections for the recount of each of the district’s thirty-seven precincts.  […]

Through the general election on November 8, on every Tuesday and Thursday on the MLC Blog we will be highlighting races for which due to the voter base the seat could be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available, in addition to a portion of […]

Through the general election on November 8, on every Tuesday and Thursday on the MLC Blog we will be highlighting races for which due to the voter base the seat could be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available, in addition to a portion of […]

This week, Attorney General Bill Schuette, filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the state’s attempt to ban on straight-ticket voting.  Originally approved by the legislature and signed by Governor Rick Snyder, the ban on straight-ticket voting was halted by a U.S. District Court Judge last month (see prior article).  In his […]

This week, The Pew Center called Michigan’s elections system a “high performer” based on multiple objective measures of election performance, according to a press release from Secretary of State Ruth Johnson.  The study calculated and averaged a state’s overall performance by measuring more than a dozen separate indicators that make up the overall score.  Indicators […]

On Monday, the Michigan Democratic Party announced they nominated Suzanna Shkreli to run as the party’s nominee in the 8th Congressional District.  Ms. Shkreli is an assistant Macomb County Prosecutor, currently serving in the Child Protection Unit. Ms. Shkreli replaces Melissa Gilbert, the former Democratic nominee in the district, who announced that due to medical […]

Through the general election on November 8, on every Tuesday and Thursday on the MLC Blog we will be highlighting races for which due to the voter base the seat could be won by either the Democratic or Republican candidate.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available, in addition to a portion of […]