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#HandsOffMIVote: The Open Letter and the New Election Protection Hub
Throughout 2026, the election-protection community in Michigan has been pushing back on efforts to make voting harder for people who are already eligible to vote. That effort has a name — #HandsOffMIVote — and this post brings the pieces together in one place: the open letter that voters have been signing, and the new HandsOffMIVote.org…
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From Community Art Pop-Ups to ArtPrize: VAAC’s Voting Rights Art Installation Heads to Grand Rapids
For months, people across Metro Detroit have been helping turn conversations about voting rights, democracy, representation, and whose voices are heard into art. Now, hundreds of those individual expressions are coming together for ArtPrize 2026 in Grand Rapids. Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC) and Indivisible Metro Detroit’s Community Voting Rights Art Installation has been…
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Oakland County Becomes Fifth Michigan County to Oppose Documentary Proof of Citizenship Ballot Initiative
On Thursday, July 16, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted 11-6 to pass Resolution #2026-6651, opposing a proposed Michigan constitutional amendment that would require eligible voters to provide additional documents, such as a passport or certified birth certificate, to register to vote and would eliminate the current option to register using a driver’s license.…
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Local Governments Oppose Documentary Proof of Citizenship Ballot Proposal
Detroit, Washtenaw County, and Ypsilanti have now passed resolutions opposing the proposed ballot initiative that would amend the Michigan Constitution to require documentary proof of citizenship to register and vote. On February 17, the Detroit City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the proposal, which would require voters to provide documents such as a birth…