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Where to Find VAAC in the Community: August 21–28
VAAC ambassadors will be out in the community over the next week, bringing voter and civic education into spaces focused on expungement, families and young people, community art, Black leadership, and neighborhood resources. At these events, VAAC will share accurate information about voting rights in Michigan, answer questions, and offer voter registration support. We will…
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VAAC in the Community: See Where We’ve Been
VAAC ambassadors have been out across Southeast Michigan, bringing voter and civic education into community gatherings, back-to-school events, conversations about voting rights, and spaces where people come together for resources, culture, and connection. At each event, we answer voting questions, help eligible residents register to vote, share accurate information about voting rights in Michigan, and…
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Black Voters Matter Brings GOTV Events and Free Documentary Screening to Detroit This Saturday
Black Voters Matter will be in Detroit this Saturday, August 22, for a full day of voter outreach, community organizing, and a free documentary screening. The day begins with phone banking and canvassing at two Detroit locations, followed by a motorcade and an evening screening of Love, Joy & Power: Tools for Liberation. GOTV Phone…
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Bureau of Elections Finds ACVM Petition Short of Required Signatures; Final Review Set for August 24
Michigan’s Bureau of Elections has recommended that the Americans for Citizen Voting-Michigan petition be found insufficient to qualify for the November ballot because it did not meet the required signature threshold. Americans for Citizen Voting-Michigan, or ACVM, is seeking a constitutional amendment that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and…
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Upcoming Events: Connect with VAAC in Detroit, Highland Park, Allendale, and Roseville
VAAC ambassadors will be out in communities across Michigan over the next week, providing civic and voter education, answering questions about voting rights, and offering voter registration support. You can find us at an ID clinic and back-to-school market, a statewide reentry conference, community block parties and resource events, a career fair, and an expungement…
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What Happens After Election Day? Michigan’s County Canvass Is Underway
Election Day for Michigan’s August 4 Primary is over, but the work of reviewing and certifying the election results is still underway. Across Michigan, bipartisan Boards of County Canvassers are conducting the post-election county canvass. This process reviews local election records, checks precinct results for accuracy, corrects clerical or mathematical errors when necessary, and produces…
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ID Clinics Bring Services: Today in Detroit, Coming Up in Ypsilanti and Royal Oak
VAAC and community partners are continuing to bring ID services, voter registration, and community resources directly into Michigan communities. Having current identification can help people secure housing, find employment, receive public benefits, open a bank account, travel, and access other essential services. It can also support civic participation. Three upcoming clinics will connect residents with…
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All You Need to Know About Upcoming Expungement Clinics & Road to Restoration Events in August and September
Free clinics and resource events are coming to communities across Michigan to help people address barriers connected to a criminal record or suspended driver’s license. Road to Restoration clinics and expungement events provide different services. Road to Restoration clinics focus on driver’s license restoration and are not expungement events. Expungement fairs and intake clinics help…
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VAAC in the Community: See Where We’ve Been This Summer
Throughout June, July, and August, VAAC ambassadors have been meeting people where they are, at neighborhood festivals, resource fairs, community conversations, early voting events, block parties, and gatherings focused on issues that affect people’s everyday lives. At these events, we provide voter and civic education, answer questions, help people understand their voting rights, and connect…
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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…