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Vote for Change -- Vote for the Democratic Slate

by: philgoblue

Tue Nov 04, 2008 at 05:46:36 AM EST


Polls open today -- Tuesday, 4 November -- from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
Weather report: It's going to be a glorious day: "abundant sunshine, highs in the upper 60s"
Sunrise: 7:22 am; Sunset 5:31 pm

Go to VoteforChange.com right now and find your polling location. Invite all of your friends and family to find their polling location. Decide when you are going to vote; on the way to work, at lunch or on the way home. Remind your co-workers to vote.

Know Your Voting Rights
It's your right to vote if you're in line when the polls close at 8:00 pm
It's your right to vote even if you don't have photo id, you just have to sign a form (ask the poll worker). Valid forms of ID: Driver's License, State ID card, Student Photo ID, Passport, Military or Tribal ID.
It's your right to vote even if you are challenged. Just answer the questions and then vote.
It's your right to vote, but you must be at your designated precinct
It's your right to vote in your old precinct if you moved to a different city or within the same city after 5 September.
You have the right to take notes (like this post) into the voting booth with you to help you remember who to vote for (I always do).

If you are being harassed or intimidated:
Tell a poll worker right away
Then report a problem or any voting rights questions to
888-MI-Change
or visit www.michiganknowyourrights.com
The Democratic Party has lawyers ready to right for your right to vote.
Lines may be long at times today, especially after 5:00 pm, so take a friend, newspaper, book, ipod or something to pass the time.
Have Fun! Make History!

The Democratic Party and/or West Michigan Rising endorse:

President & Vice President:
Barack Obama & Joe Biden

U.S. Senator:  
Carl Levin

U.S. Representative:  
2nd District: Fred Johnson
3rd District: Henry Sanchez
6th District: Don Cooney

Michigan Supreme Court:
Diane Hathaway

State Board of Education:  
John Austin John Austin & Kathleen Straus

University of Michigan Board of Regents:
Larry Deitch & Denise Ilitch

Michigan State University Board of Trustees:
Dianne Woodard & Dianne Byrum

Wayne State University Board of Governors:
Paul Massaron & Gary Pollard

Michigan House of Representatives
District 59 (Cass, St. Joseph): Carol Higgins
District 60 (Kalamazoo): Robert Jones
District 61 (Kalamazoo): Julie Rogers
District 63 (Kalamazoo, Calhoun): Phyllis Smith
District 70 (Montcalm, Ionia): Mike Huckleberry
District 72 (southern Kent): Al Abbasse
District 73 (northern Kent): Bruce Hawley
District 74 (Ottawa, Kent): Leon Chase
District 75 (Kent-Grand Rapids): Robert Dean
District 76 (Kent-Grand Rapids): Roy Schmidt
District 77 (southern Kent): Charles Geerlings
District 78 (Berrien, Cass): Judy Truesdell
District 79 (79: northern Berrien): Jim Hahn
District 80 (Van Buren, Allegan): Jessie Olson
District 86 (eastern Kent): Melissa Casalina
District 87 (Barry, Ionia): Greg Grieves
District 88 (Allegan): Tom Clark
District 89 (western Ottawa): Tim Winslow
District 90 (southern Ottawa): Clay Stauffer
District 91 (Muskegon): Mary Valentine
District 92 (Muskegon): Doug Bennett
District 100 (Oceana, Newagyo, Lake): Bill Richards
District 101 (Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Mason): Dan Scripps
District 102 (Wexford, Osceola, Mecosta): Nate Heffron
District 104: Grand Traverse, Kalkaska): Roman Grucz
District 62 (Calhoun): Kate Segal

County Candidates Below (add your county in the comments section and I'll add it to the main diary. Otherwise, see the list of county candidates off to your right.)
philgoblue :: Vote for Change -- Vote for the Democratic Slate
Kent County

Kent County Commission
Mary Ann Lauka(KCCD-1)
Patricia Kramer (KCCD-2)
Fred Clowney (KCCD-4)
Michael Francis (KCCD-7)
Keith Courtade (KCCD-8)
Jim Cronover (KCCD-9)
Brian Bosak (KCCD-10)
Russell Duffin (KCCD-11)
Pete Hickey (KCCD-12)
Bret Dorman (KCCD-13)
Carol Hennessy* (KCCD-14)
Dick Bulkowski* (KCCD-15)
Jim Talen (KCCD-16)
Jim Vaughn* (KCCD-17)
Brandon Dillion* (KCCD-18)
Bob Synk (KCCD-19)

Drain Commissioner: Brian McKay

Non-Partisan / Judicial Branch
Circuit Judge Christopher Yates
Circuit Judge Daniel Zemaitis
Circuit Judge Sara Smolenski
Circuit Judge Paul Sullivan
Circuit Judge Kathleen Feeney
Chief Probate Judge David Murkowski
Appellate Judge Jane Beckering  
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