Tagged: elections

A light ballot in Washtenaw County on Tuesday day means relatively quick results. The results, keep in mind, are unofficial until certified by the Board of Canvassers.

Voters in Dexter Village have opted to continue moving forward with the process of becoming a city. The measure passed on a vote of 460-to-408. The next step will be the election of a nine-member charter commission. Once a draft charter is adopted and passed by the state, incorporation into city-hood will go before a vote of the people.

Six state-wide ballot proposals were rejected by voters on Tuesday.  State Representative Jeff Irwin thinks the large number of proposals hurt the chances for any of them.  Hear more from WEMU's Andrew Cluley.

The League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor area is taking its mission of voter education to cable t-v.  Hear more from WEMU's Bob Eccles.

Eastern Michigan University is hosting a series of forums on the six state-wide proposals voters will see on their November ballots.   Hear more from WEMU's Bob Eccles.

A voting rights coalition has asked a Federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction prohibiting the use of check-off boxes that ask voters to confirm their U.S. citizenship on November ballots.  WEMU's Bob Eccles has that, and a look at what you can expect to find - or not find - on your local baloot.

No results have changed following recounts of some  August primary elections in Washtenaw County, but some recounts could not be completed.  Hear more from WEMU's Andrew Cluley. 

Sally Hart Peterson hoping to unseat incumbent

Anthony Derezinski in August primary.

Sumi  Kailasapathy and Eric Sturgis are campaining

to replace Sandi Smith on Ann Arbor's city council.