June 23rd, 20220HAMTRAMCK — The city of Hamtramck is on track to provide its residents election ballots and materials in Arabic for the August primary.
City officials confirmed the progress of the ballots with The Arab American News this week.
Hamtramck passed a language access resolution to provide federal voting rights act language...
June 23rd, 20220LANSING — Absentee ballots for the August 2 primary election are now available through local clerks' offices, the Michigan Secretary of State announced this week.
The ballots will soon be mailed to voters who have already applied to vote absentee.
To apply for an absentee ballot, track an absentee ballot or find more...
June 17th, 20222DEARBORN — Voters in Dearborn can now expect translated materials in time for the August primary.
An effort to translate voting materials, including ballots, into Arabic in the city of Dearborn is now well underway, thanks to the work of a committee appointed by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and the City Council.
The committee to...
June 9th, 20220ALLENDALE — The FBI arrested Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley on Thursday over misdemeanor charges stemming from his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by throngs of then-President Trump's supporters, the Justice Department said.
Kelley, 40, of Allendale, is one of five Republicans in the...
June 5th, 20220A new political action committee, raising funds from wealthy, pro-Israeli occupation groups and individuals, is mounting attacks against U.S. Rep. Rashida Talib (D-Detroit), in her bid to represent the newly formed 12th District.
Urban Empowerment Action is planning to spend upwards of $1 million in campaign funds on one of Tlaib’s...
May 20th, 20220DETROIT/DEARBORN — Wayne County Sheriff Raphael “Ray” Washington received major endorsements at a rally on Tuesday, as he runs to retain his position in this August’s primary election.
The endorsement rally took place at the Union Carpenters and Millwrights Skilled Training Center on the city’s west side, a 147,000 square...
May 5th, 20220DEARBORN — Democrat Jeff Pepper defeated Republican challenger Ginger Shearer for the District 15 State House partial term in Tuesday’s special election, amid low voter turnout and heavy absentee voting.
The low overall turnout was consistent with the special primary that preceded Tuesday’s general. Only 9.5 percent of...
April 26th, 20220Michigan's elections officials are encouraging voters to hand-deliver their absentee ballots to their local clerk’s office or ballot drop box, in the week leading up to the May 3 elections
Several Michigan communities, including Dearborn, are holding elections next Tuesday. Absentee ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. on Election...
April 22nd, 20220The deadline for withdrawal from the August primary election has now passed and here are some candidates in notable races for districts covering Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck and more.
The following list appears on the Michigan Department of State's website and includes candidates who have withdrawn their names from each...
April 22nd, 20220A special general election on May 3 will decide who sits in the State House seat vacated by Dearborn Mayor and former State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud through the end of the year.
The race for the 15th House District pits Democrat Jeff Pepper and Republican Ginger Shearer, formerly known as Virginia Polk.
Pepper won the special...
April 17th, 20220BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Criminal defense attorney and Bloomfield Township Trustee Stephanie Fakih has announced her candidacy for the newly drawn 54th State House District.
That district covers Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, Auburn Hills, Orion Township, Lake Orion and part of Oakland Township.
Fakih is a criminal defense...
April 16th, 20220On March 22, the Dearborn City Council unanimously passed a resolution requiring ballot translation to any language spoken by more than 10,000 residents (or 5 percent of the population, whichever criteria is met first).
The resolution also calls for implementation to start as early as the August primary election. This was a historical...
April 16th, 20220DEARBORN - Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett appeared at the Dearborn City Council meeting this week to give her input, in public, to the city’s present language access efforts.
The Council passed a resolution in March, brought forth by Councilman Mustapha Hammoud, that sought to ensure ballots and other election materials would be...
March 25th, 20220DEARBORN — After some debate, the Dearborn City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday that sought to ensure that ballots and other election materials would be translated into multiple languages, thereby bringing much needed basic U.S. Voting Rights Act (VRA) provisions around language to Dearborn voters.
The VRA...
February 10th, 20220DEARBORN — Dearborn City Council President Pro-Tem Erin Byrnes has announced her candidacy for the newly drawn 15th State House District.
“Today, I filed to run for state representative in the new 15th District,” Byrnes wrote in a Facebook post. “This District encompasses precincts 33-50 in Dearborn and the majority of...
January 4th, 20220DEARBORN — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) has officially announced she will be running for the newly drawn 12th Congressional District covering Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and surrounding cities, and Southfield, in this year's election.
This mean the neighboring 13th Congressional District, covering Detroit, Hamtramck and...