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Proof of citizenship to vote ballot initiative nears signature collection

Colin Jackson April 21, 2025

A ballot question aimed at ensuring only U.S. citizens are voting in Michigan elections inched a step closer to gathering...

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GOP legislators asks SCOTUS to let them sue over Michigan election rules

Rick Pluta March 25, 2025

A group of Republican state lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for them to challenge...

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Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison (right) joins Viola Liuzzo Park Association President Artis Johnson and Elaine Steele, co-founder of Raymond & Rosa Parks Institute and family members in unveiling the new monument.
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Civil rights monument unveiled in Detroit reflects on voting rights struggle

Bre'Anna Tinsley September 17, 2024

The landscape of voting in Michigan has evolved significantly, with expanded early in-person voting, enhanced absentee ballot tracking, and permanent...

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Created Equal: Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?

David Leins August 28, 2024

Editor's note: A previously uploaded version of this episode included incorrect audio from an earlier episode about grief and loss.A...

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Absentee Voter Voting Registration Form Election LH
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Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit to host voter registration rally; city solar program on hold and more

Jerome Vaughn July 17, 2024

Today on the Detroit Evening Report, we cover an upcoming voter registration rally hosted by Cass Community Social Services; Detroit’s...

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Trump, GOP challenge Michigan voter registration rule

Rick Pluta July 17, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign along with the Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit...

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Protesters attend a meeting of Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Oct. 21, 2021, in Lansing, Mich.
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Created Equal: Breaking down the new state House districts in metro Detroit

Created Equal April 3, 2024

Just two years into Michigan’s experiment with citizen-drawn maps for the Legislature and Congress, a court-ordered redraw to address gerrymandering...

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A three-judge federal court panel approved 15 new Michigan House districts drawn by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.
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Redistricting commission chooses new map to submit for court approval

Colin Jackson February 29, 2024

Michigan’s redistricting commission approved a new state House district plan for court review Wednesday. The court had previously struck down...

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President Lyndon Johnson greets Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Created Equal: The right to vote wasn’t included in the Constitution. Why not?

Created Equal February 28, 2024

Most Americans view the right to vote and to free and fair elections as fundamental to who we are as...

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Protesters attend a meeting of Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Oct. 21, 2021, in Lansing, Mich.
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Created Equal: Should our political maps be drawn based on geography or race? 

Created Equal February 15, 2024

Michigan’s legislative maps have been drawn — and re-drawn — several times by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission in...

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington.
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Created Equal: Are voters’ rights at risk if Trump is kept off Colorado ballot? 

Created Equal February 13, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this past week in a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is...

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Protesters attend a meeting of Michigan's new Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Oct. 21, 2021, in Lansing, Mich.
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Plaintiff, redistrict commission lawyers project confidence after redistricting lawsuit trial

Colin Jackson November 21, 2023

Both sides of a lawsuit over Michigan’s legislative district maps projected confidence Monday as attorneys prepared their post-trial briefs. The...

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