Given that the absent voter ballots for Michigan have now been printed and will be sent out on June 25, we are encouraging you to request your ballot now. If you yet haven’t received an application to request the ballot, you can easily do that yourself at www.Michigan.gov/vote. In fact, you can now apply for it online! As well, when you fill out your request, you can indicate that you would like to receive the ballot for both the August 4 state election and the November 3 general election this year, and/or indicate that you would like to be placed on the permanent list, automatically receiving an application for every election. If you have questions, feel free to contact Norma Bailey or David Wagstaff.
The COVID-19 crisis is shutting down DMVs, local election offices, and other in-person voter registration hubs nationwide – and if our state legislators don’t respond, this pandemic could prevent countless new voters from making themselves heard in November. Please sign a petition calling on all 50 states to offer online voter registration.
For years, there have been efforts to expand Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act protections to be inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Because face-to-face petition signing is not possible given the social distancing policies in place, the Fair & Equal Ballot Campaign is collecting signatures electronically. The Social Justice Coordinating Team and the Michigan UU Social Justice Network (MUUSJN) encourage you to sign the petition if you haven’t already done so. For further information, read the Bridge Magazine article, or contact Norma Bailey at [email protected].
Because of the changes in Michigan voting laws approved in Proposal 3 in 2018, you can still register to vote and/or vote via an absentee ballot in the March 10 Presidential Primary right up through Election Day. For complete information to help you do so, go to the Michigan Voter Information Center website. We also have hard copy forms available in the foyer of the Fellowship, although you will still have to take them in person to your local city or township clerk, along with proof of residency.
Should you have questions or need help, please feel free to contact David Wagstaff, Jim Moreno, Melissa Nix, or Norma Bailey. As well, if you will need transportation to the polling precincts, please feel free to contact one of us. A great source of information about the candidates and the issues on your ballot is vote411.org, a non-partisan website sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund. The Social Justice Coordinating Team is presenting a new film by Robert Greenwald from Brave New Films: “Suppressed – the Fight to Vote” on Saturday, October 26, at 7:00 pm. The film chronicles the rampant voter suppression that affected the outcome of the 2018 midterm election in Georgia and the threat it poses to our elections all across the nation in 2020. We will also have available materials for people to register to vote and to apply for an absentee ballot. Bring friends and family members to view the film and engage in this important conversation.
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