Election Cycle 2022
The 89.1 WEMU News team is taking you through the 2022 election cycle with a focus on the pertinent candidate races and ballot issues being decided by voters. WEMU will carry you through the August primaries and November general election with preview stories and features and results and reactions, once the votes are all counted.
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A Wayne County judge’s ruling is expected today on a challenge to counting thousands of absentee ballots in Detroit. The case was filed by Kristina Karamo, who is running to be Michigan’s top election official. Rick Pluta reports.
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Election Day is tomorrow, but there is still time to turn in your absentee ballot, register to vote, and make arrangements to get to the polls. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.
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When Ypsilanti mayoral candidate Nicole Brown was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in August, many thought that was the end of the race. With Ypsilanti being a heavily Democratic area, the primary winner often runs unopposed in the November general election. That is not the case this year. Community organizer Amber Fellows is running as a non-partisan candidate, and Mark Alan King is seeking the office on the Libertarian ticket. WEMU’s Josh Hakala looks at the race in this extended report.
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For three and a half decades, Republicans have either run the agenda in Lansing or at least had veto power amid Democrats’ shifting fortunes. At no point since 1983 have Democrats simultaneously held the governor’s office, the state House and the Michigan Senate. But Democrats are cautiously eyeing the possibility that this could finally be their year. Rick Pluta has more.
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There is a three-way race for Ann Arbor Mayor. but only two names will appear on the ballot. Incumbent Democrat, Christopher Taylor, is seeking a third term in office. The other name that appears on the ballot is Eric Lipson. Lipson is a self-proclaimed Democrat but is running as an Independent. A very late entry into the race is independent write-in candidate Dylan Manna. He’s a researcher and physics scholar at the University of Michigan, who recently moved back to the city. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more in this extended report.
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A $180 million bond proposal is before Saline Area School district voters. As WEMU's Taylor Pinson reports, if approved, it would fund a variety of projects.
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Officials at the University of Michigan are seeing success with a new approach to attracting young voters to the polls. It all involves the design of the polling places. WEMU's Cathy Shafran explains.
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Ann Arbor residents have a third person they can vote for in the upcoming mayoral race, but his name isn’t appearing on the ballot. WEMU’s Taylor Pinson has more.
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Voters casting ballots in person on Election Day, or by absentee, can vote using the straight party ticket option. WEMU’s Josh Hakala set out to clear up some confusion.
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Ann Arbor voters will decide a long-term tax question in the mid-term elections. The city is asking for a 20-year, one-mill tax increase to fund its Community Climate Action plan. It’s a lofty ask, and, as WEMU’s Cathy Shafran reports, not everyone is on board.