Posts tagged with "Elections"

Why voting matters COMMUNITY

Why voting matters

August 1st, 20220 By Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans For the past two years, the concept of free and fair elections has come under serious attack.  The January 6 insurrection provided Americans with a first-hand look into the efforts to dismantle the Constitution and make it harder for some Americans to vote and have their ballots counted. The...
Why you should exercise your right to vote COMMUNITY

Why you should exercise your right to vote

September 9th, 20200 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With election season well underway, Dearborn Heights City Councilman Dave Abdallah said it’s important to exercise your right to vote. “It’s a constitutional right,” he said. “It should never be taken for granted. People complain when it comes to voting, but only about 15-20 percent of people actually...
The last lifeline: The real reason behind Abbas’ call for elections Opinions

The last lifeline: The real reason behind Abbas’ call for elections

October 16th, 20190 The call by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for elections in the occupied territories is a political ploy. There will be no true, democratic elections under Abbas’ leadership. The real question is: Why did he make the call in the first place? On September 26, Abbas took on the world’s most important political...
Dearborn Heights candidate asks for recount, here's how it works COMMUNITY

Dearborn Heights candidate asks for recount, here’s how it works

August 17th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - While incumbents on the Dearborn Heights' City Council were happy about the results of the August 6 election, candidate Jamal Bazzi has asked for a recount of the votes, which will take place next week. "I believe that there was a mistake somewhere along the line," Bazzi told The Arab American News. "The reason I...
Let’s not just focus on elections, but on how we elect COMMUNITY

Let’s not just focus on elections, but on how we elect

July 22nd, 20190 A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote. A woman recognized me and called me over. “Why is it,” she asked, “that you politicians make it so hard and inconvenient to vote?” I thought of this the other day when I read the news reports about presidents Trump and...
Egypt to hold referendum on extending Sisi's rule on April 20-22 World

Egypt to hold referendum on extending Sisi’s rule on April 20-22

April 18th, 20190 CAIRO - Egypt’s election commission said on Wednesday that a referendum potentially allowing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 will take place on April 20-22. The ballot, featuring several constitutional amendments, was given final approval in parliament on Tuesday. The changes, if approved, would extend...
Jones throws monkey wrench into 13th District Congressional race COMMUNITY

Jones throws monkey wrench into 13th District Congressional race

November 2nd, 20180 DETROIT — Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones filed paperwork with Wayne County Friday to run as an independent candidate against former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib to replace U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. Jones lost to Tlaib in the August primaries but won a special primary election to represent the district for the seven-week...
Dearborn seeking Election Day poll workers Local

Dearborn seeking Election Day poll workers

September 10th, 20180 DEARBORN –  The city clerk is seeking poll workers for the November 6 general election. Candidates should be at least 18 years of age, registered voters in Michigan and have basic computer skills. Students who are 16 or 17 years old may also apply. The position pays $130 for the day and an additional $20 for attending the...
As more women run for office, state legislatures are poised to change Elections

As more women run for office, state legislatures are poised to change

August 19th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — As women line up to run for U.S. political office at historic rates, state legislatures — where some of America’s most critical policy decisions get made — could see a slew of new female lawmakers after November’s vote, according to a Reuters analysis of election data. In Michigan, for example, a state...
How do Dearborn residents feel about voting in the primaries? COMMUNITY

How do Dearborn residents feel about voting in the primaries?

August 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — During the primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 7, many residents expressed the importance of voting, with some saying that casting their vote would make a difference. “My role is to speak out and choose who is going to be helpful to the people,” a woman who voted at William Ford Elementary School told The AANews. “I...
My Muslim Vote rally in Dearborn motivates potential voters COMMUNITY

My Muslim Vote rally in Dearborn motivates potential voters

August 3rd, 20180 DEARBORN — Organizers at Sunday’s My Muslim Vote rally held outside the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn encouraged the Muslim community to participate in local and state elections. Nada Al-Hanooti, executive director of the Michigan chapter of Emgage, an organization that encourages Muslims to vote and was a...
Our endorsements for the August 7 primary elections In Our Opinion

Our endorsements for the August 7 primary elections

July 27th, 20180 This election is a defining event for America This election, for many reasons, is perhaps the most important one in America’s modern history. First, our democracy is in grave danger. During the last presidential election and since Donald Trump took office, there have been a systematic attack on our democracy at all levels. The...
Gubernatorial candidates outline visions for Michigan's comeback Elections

Gubernatorial candidates outline visions for Michigan’s comeback

July 27th, 20180 As Michiganders seek to turn the state around, the governor’s office – plagued with wide-spread distrust – is being eyed as a worthwhile place to start, beginning with the August 7 primary election. Shortcomings like an education system that fails to produce enough skilled workers, non-existent public transportation and cities...
Shi'a cleric's election win puts Iran to the test in Iraq World

Shi’a cleric’s election win puts Iran to the test in Iraq

May 15th, 20180 BAGHDAD — Already pressured by the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran faces a major test in managing Shi'a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a formidable opponent who beat Tehran’s longtime allies to achieve a shock victory in Iraq’s parliamentary election. But If Tehran overplays its hand by squeezing Sadr out of a coalition...
Iraqis voting in first election since ISIS defeat World

Iraqis voting in first election since ISIS defeat

May 10th, 20180 BAGHDAD — For the first time since driving out ISIS, Iraqis go to the polls on Saturday in an election that will shape attempts to heal the country’s deep divisions and could shift the regional balance of power. Iraq’s three main ethnic and religious groups, the majority Shi’a Arabs and the minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds, have...
U.S. urges post-election Lebanon to uphold regional policy U.S. Politics

U.S. urges post-election Lebanon to uphold regional policy

May 8th, 20180 BEIRUT ― The United States urged Lebanon to uphold a policy of staying out of regional wars and a U.N. Security Council resolution that sought Hezbollah’s disarmament, after the Iran-backed group and its allies won more than half the seats in Sunday’s election. The United States views Hezbollah as a terrorist group and is...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg starts testifying in Senate hearing U.S. Politics

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg starts testifying in Senate hearing

April 10th, 20180 WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO ―Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg started testifying before Congress on Tuesday as he looks to fend off the possibility of new regulations as a result of the privacy scandal engulfing his social network. The 33-year-old internet mogul faces tough questioning from a joint hearing of the U.S....
Bills under consideration to make registering to vote easier Local

Bills under consideration to make registering to vote easier

April 6th, 20180 LANSING — Legislation before the Michigan House of Representatives is expected to make it easier for citizens with driver’s licenses or state identification cards to register to vote. The bill was passed by the Senate unanimously. “Our online services already allow for changes in address for both driver’s license and voter...
Egypt's Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition World

Egypt’s Sisi wins 97 percent in election with no real opposition

April 2nd, 20180 CAIRO – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four years ago for his first term but with a lower turnout, official results showed on Monday. Turnout was 41 percent, despite efforts to get as many Egyptians as possible to...
Egypt's Sisi heads for landslide election win with low turnout World

Egypt’s Sisi heads for landslide election win with low turnout

March 30th, 20180 CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cruised toward a landslide election victory against no real opposition but early results showed a lower turnout than the vote that brought him to power in 2014, despite efforts to get more Egyptians to the polls. The vote this week had long been set to hand Sisi a second term after a crackdown...
Abdul El-Sayed on a mission to change the face of Michigan politics COMMUNITY

Abdul El-Sayed on a mission to change the face of Michigan politics

March 9th, 20180 DEARBORN — He'd never thought politics would be in the cards for him, but Abdul El-Sayed is the first Democratic candidate to submit required signatures to the state, inching closer, aspiring to become Michigan's first Arab and Muslim American governor. On March 6, El-Sayed, 33, a physician and epidemiologist and former director of...
Funds for governor's race near $17 million Elections

Funds for governor’s race near $17 million

February 9th, 20180 LANSING — The amount of money raised for the soon-to-be open governor's seat is nearly $17 million, according to reports. These figures are more than double amount last time the seat was available in 2010. The numbers represent both the eight Republican and four Democratic candidates for the August primary. "In general, each race...
Year-in review: The top local, national and international stories of 2017 COMMUNITY

Year-in review: The top local, national and international stories of 2017

January 5th, 20180 Here's our 2017 year-in-review of the most important news and developments as reported by The Arab American News locally, nationally and internationally. Community and local 1. Former Dearborn City Clerk Kathy Buda was convicted on embezzlement charges, after clerk office employees reported suspicions she was stealing cash from fees...
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