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Shri Thanedar in-studio at WDET-FM on Oct. 20, 2022.
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Congressman Shri Thanedar in the hot seat as 2024 election looms

Russ McNamara November 20, 2023

Shri Thanedar’s election to a Detroit-centric Congressional seat last year was divisive. He’d only recently moved to the city and...

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Dearborn inauguration ceremony highlights changing political demographics

Nargis Rahman January 19, 2022

Dearborn’s mayor Abdullah Hammoud and other elected officials were sworn in over the weekend. Hammoud made history as the city’s...

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Absentee ballot voter training elections poll workers
  • 2020 Voter Information Center
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Detroit Election Officials Take Steps to Resolve Issues that Plagued the Primary

Laura Herberg November 2, 2020

Between staffing shortages, inadequate training for volunteers, and mistakes that affected the ability for votes to be recounted, Detroit’s August primary...

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SHIFT - Detroit Will Breathe Protest Shelby Township 10-24-2
  • 2020 Voter Information Center
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The Combustible Mix of White Rage, Racial Injustice and the Election

Russ McNamara October 30, 2020

The partisan divide has grown wider over the past four years and the threat of political unrest continues to grow....

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Voting Vote Election 3
  • 2020 Voter Information Center
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How Michigan Clerks Are Keeping In-Person Voters Safe During a Pandemic

Pat Batcheller, Laura Herberg October 28, 2020

A record number of people in Michigan are voting absentee this election, but many people are still planning to vote...

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Election Mail In Dropbox
  • 2020 Voter Information Center
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Returning Your Absentee Ballot? Officials Say Drop It Off, Don’t Mail It.

Laura Herberg October 19, 2020

Mail-in ballots must be received by November 3 in order to be counted. That’s according to a Michigan Court of...

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Michigan Votes Election Polling Place 8.8.17-jn
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Elections
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Absentee Ballots Cast In Michigan Primary Could Reach Close to a Million

Detroit Today March 10, 2020

The polls are open and Michiganders get their chance to influence the course of this presidential election. Before the precincts...

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