Category: HandsOffMIVote
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VAAC’s Community Voting Rights Art Installation Opens at ArtPrize: Visit, Vote and Join Us in Grand Rapids
The Community Voting Rights Art Installation created by Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC) and Indivisible Metro Detroit opens at ArtPrize 2026 on Friday, September 18, and now it’s time to see the finished installation and vote for it. Hundreds of individual pieces created by people at community art-making pop-ups across Southeast Michigan have come…
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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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Visit the Hands Off MI Vote Website’s Election Protection Hub
Promote The Vote has launched HandsOffMIVote.org, a new coalition resource designed to serve as an organizing and messaging hub for election protection work across Michigan. The website will connect people with organizations doing election protection work on the ground and provide information about current threats to voting access and election administration, including the Americans for…
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New Hands Off MI Vote Website Launches as Election Protection Hub
Promote The Vote has launched HandsOffMIVote.org, a new coalition resource designed to serve as an organizing and messaging hub for election protection work across Michigan. The website will connect people with organizations doing election protection work on the ground and provide information about current threats to voting access and election administration, including the Americans for…
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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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Protect Voting Access: Sign the #HandsOffMIVote Open Letter to Protect Voting Rights
Proposals requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote continue to advance at both the state and federal level. These policies are being framed as election security measures, despite repeated findings that noncitizen voting is extremely rare. In practice, these proposals could create additional barriers for eligible voters who may not have immediate access…
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Protect Voting Access: Sign the #HandsOffMIVote Open Letter
Proposals requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote continue to advance at both the state and federal level. These policies are being framed as election security measures, despite repeated findings that noncitizen voting is extremely rare. In practice, these proposals could create additional barriers for eligible voters who may not have immediate access…
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Sign #HandsOffMIVote Open Letter: Protect Access, Support Election Workers
Proposals that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote continue to advance at both the state and federal level. These policies are presented as election security measures, but they target a problem that has repeatedly been shown to be extremely rare while risking the exclusion of eligible voters from the democratic process.…
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Hands Off MI Vote Open Letter: Add Your Name
We are sharing the full #HandsOffMIVote Open Letter below. This is a statement from Michigan voters pushing back against efforts to add unnecessary barriers to voting through more paperwork, more confusion, and more restrictions on people who are already eligible to vote. Add your name and stand with Michigan voters pushing back against efforts to…
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Supporting Michigan’s Election Officials and Election Workers – Virtual Day of Action Today!
As part of our participation in the Michigan Election Protection Program, Voting Access for All Coalition (VAAC) is joining partners across the state to highlight the work of Michigan’s election officials and election workers. Several years ago, an organization called Michigan Fair Elections filed a Freedom of Information Act request for Detroit’s 2020 absentee ballots,…