Michigan Voters, Take Note: These Three State Ballot Issues Have Significant LGBTQ+ Implications
There are three statewide proposals on the Nov. 8 ballot in Michigan, and while not explicitly about the LGBTQ+ community, each of them has a connection worth [...]
Local Sponsors Launch Multimedia Campaign to Encourage Early Voting
In 2016, 95 percent of votes cast by Detroiters went to Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton. However, the total number of registered Detroit voters overall who [...]
How Do I Know the Voting Process is Safe and Secure'? And Other Election Questions, Answered
Ask the Clerk This election season represents Michigan's first major election with widespread no-reason absentee voting, which came about with the passage of [...]
ACLU Partners With 1xRun to Create Pro-Voting Murals
The ACLU has partnered with local artists to create public murals across Michigan to increase voter participation in the upcoming general election on Nov. 3. [...]
Fair Michigan Launches LGBTQ Voter Participation Initiative
Fair Michigan is a nonprofit LGBTQ advocacy organization that works to secure equal rights protections under the law based on sexual orientation, sex, gender [...]
Michigan Secretary of State Announces 16- and 17-Year-Olds Can Be Poll Workers
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and The Michigan Voting Coalition, as part of its 40 Days of Early Voting campaign focused on historically [...]
LGBT Detroit Co-Hosts Voting Event with Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, BTL Publisher Jan Stevenson
Voting in any election is an important display of civic duty, but in regard to LGBTQ equality, the upcoming presidential election in November could have [...]
Michigan Secretary of State, ACLU, MichiganVoting.Org Coalition Host 40-Day Early Voting Campaign Kickoff
On Thursday, Sept. 24, outside of a "Vote" mural by artist Ndubisi Okoye on the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan headquarters in Detroit, the [...]
Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown to Register Voters to Celebrate National Voter Registration Day
On Sept. 22, 2020, Americans will celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive cross-country effort to register voters well in advance of Election [...]
Equality at the Polls Needed: 2 LGBTQ Poll Workers Talk Volunteering
During the 2016 presidential race, roughly 1 million election inspectors, or poll workers as they are often called, were needed across the U.S. to aid in the [...]
Campaign to Amend ELCRA Announces E-Signature Strategy
Change of Course As every aspect of the 2020 election cycle adapts to the constraints of social distancing, a campaign in Michigan that seeks to secure equal [...]
Big Three Automakers Announce Joint Support for Banning LGBTQ Discrimination in Michigan
DETROIT – Michigan's "Big Three" automakers announced today their joint support for Fair and Equal Michigan, joining other business leaders, LGBTQ groups and [...]
Breakdown of 2018 Michigan Ballot Proposals
With Nov. 6 fast approaching, not only will voters be gearing up to vote on their chosen candidates, but they'll need to decide whether to vote "yes" or "no" [...]
Circuit Court Judge Candidate to Voters: 'Flip Over the Ballot'
Jake Cunningham, candidate for Circuit Court Judge in Oakland County, has an important message for those voting this November: "Flip over the ballot." "A lot [...]
Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan Hopes to Make 2018 Ballot
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. — The Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan, a statewide ballot initiative campaign, announced on May 16, that it has now collected beyond [...]
Election 2018: Democratic Candidates for AG Speak on LGBTQ Issues
Read our Q&A With Dana Nessel Read our Q&A with Patrick Miles Democrats are fielding candidates this year as they seize their moment to win back the [...]