Blog tagged as Elections

AG Seeks Special Prosecutor For Election Probe; DePerno Says Allegations 'Total Garbage'

08/09/22 11:21 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
AG Seeks Special Prosecutor For Election Probe; DePerno Says Allegations 'Total Garbage'
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/08/2022) Republican Attorney General candidate Matthew DePerno said Monday morning that allegations he is involved in a conspiracy to hack into and manipulate voting machines "are total garbage."

Lack Of Trust Along Party Lines Leads To Redistricting Doubt

08/08/22 02:32 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Lack Of Trust Along Party Lines Leads To Redistricting Doubt
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/05/2022) (DENVER) - Harsh critiques of redistricting maps nationwide may be less about the actual maps and more about a lack of trust along party lines, a National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) panel discussed this week.

LGBTQ Legislative Caucus Could Hit 7 Members, Two-Plus Decades After First Openly Gay Lawmaker

08/08/22 02:21 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
LGBTQ Legislative Caucus Could Hit 7 Members, Two-Plus Decades After First Openly Gay Lawmaker
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/05/2022) Michigan's LGBTQ-plus legislative caucus is anticipated to grow to seven members after November, more than two decades since the state had its first openly gay lawmaker arrive to the Capitol in 2001.

Freedom Fund/GLEP Win 79% Of Legislative Races; Trump Republicans Win 44%

08/04/22 04:22 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Freedom Fund/GLEP Win 79% Of Legislative Races; Trump Republicans Win 44%
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/03/2022) The political action committees of the Michigan Freedom Fund and the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) finished Tuesday night by winning in 23 of the 29 contested legislative Republican primaries they chose to spend money in.

County Forgets To Put School's Millage Request On The Ballot

08/04/22 04:03 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
County Forgets To Put School's Millage Request On The Ballot
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/03/2022) Only 44 of the more than the 760 local tax and bonding issues failed during the Aug. 2 primary election and problems were minor, but one election issue may cause headaches for a Thumb-area school district.