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The coronavirus pandemic and a slowdown in mail service left Detroit voters scrambling and unsure of where to vote on Tuesday’s primary. Residents tell the City Clerk there has to be a better way.
More than 104,000 absentee ballots were requested in Detroit and a total of 121,298 ballots cast, according to the City Clerk. In the end, 1 in 4 registered voters, 24.9 percent, in Detroit cast ballots in the primary. That’s a big jump from the primary four years ago, when 13 percent of voters participated.
Michigan’s largest teachers union says it will support local units that say it’s not safe to return to in-person learning.
The rush to develop a vaccine quickly is the very reason many COVID vaccine skeptics say they don’t trust it. If not enough people take an approved vaccine, it would be difficult to achieve herd immunity to protect residents from the virus.
1 in 5 Detroiters say they are struggling financially as $600 a week in unemployment benefits ends — at least temporarily. This while rental evictions resume.
Downtown, Midtown and Corktown neighborhoods — filled with residents who have homes, parents or friends in the suburbs — have the lowest Census responses in Detroit.
“What’s uncommon is the interjection of federal enforcement when it was not asked for.”
Grace’s story, first published by ProPublica Illinois, prompted outrage and debate across the country. Though a judge refused to set the girl free, the Michigan Court of Appeals ordered her immediate release from a juvenile detention facility in Detroit.
Absentee voters are likely to make a big difference in an election marked by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Masks aren’t required but are encouraged, and there will be plenty of hand sanitizer at polling places. Here’s what else to expect.
On Tuesday, Detroiters will decide whether to renew an important operating millage for the school district that helps pay off long-term debt.
Disproportionately impacted by coronavirus, experiencing massive unemployment and an economic downturn, protesters and justice advocates react to the announcement of Operation Legend and more resources for law enforcement.