Detroit council keeps charter change off ballot ( Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) Detroiters may have to wait nine more years before the city charter is revised, and some blame the delay on City Council members worried about job security. Read more
City commission to decide Monday if Cockrel, Hood stay on ballot ( Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:00 +0100) DETROIT -- City Clerk Janice Winfrey this morning told the City Council the Detroit Election Commission will meet 2 p.m. Monday to determine if Kenneth Cockrel Jr. and the Rev. Nicholas Hood III can be on the ballot for the February primary for mayor. Read more
Detroit council quashes move to revise city charter ( Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:12:00 +0100) DETROIT -- The City Council today voted down putting a proposed revision of the city charter on the Feb. 24 ballot. Read more
Council may vote today on charter ( Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) DETROIT -- The City Council could vote today on whether to put a proposed revision of the city charter on the Feb. 24 ballot. Councilman Kwame Kenyatta, who has led the effort, and others have said several parts of the charter need to be rewritten, including clarification of how the council could remove officials, how the city's Corporation Counsel is hired and fired, and when elections are held. Read more FACTBOX - U.S. Congress to hold leadership elections ( Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:56:05 +0100) Nov 15 (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to hold leadership ballots next week following the Nov. 4 Read more
Complaint targets McPhail candidacy ( Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:37:00 +0100) DETROIT -- A Detroit resident today asked City Clerk Janice Winfrey to remove mayoral candidate Sharon McPhail from the February ballot, claiming too many of the signatures on her nominating petitions are invalid. Read more
Ruling sought on Cockrel run ( Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) Detroit's Election Commission is awaiting a recommendation from the Law Department on whether it can remove Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. from the ballot for falsely signing an affidavit stating he owed no campaign finance fines. Read more
Detroit City Council angles to get charter on February ballot ( Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) The City Council is pressing a plan to amend the City Charter that starts with a ballot question in February asking voters if they think doing so is necessary. Read more Mayoral ballot status challenged ( Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) A mayoral candidate who last week tried to single-handedly charge Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. with perjury now wants to bounce him and three others from the Feb. 24 ballot. Read more Record number of voters cast ballots in Michigan ( Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:06:00 +0100) A surge in voter registrations brought thousands more people to the polls on Tuesday, with almost every county in Michigan seeing more voters this year than four years ago. Read more Cockrel takes city's reins with eye on February ballot ( Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said he's well-prepared to take the city's reins but hopes the campaign finance fee problem he encountered recently won't cost him a place on the Feb. 24 ballot. Read more Cockrel takes city's reins with eye on February ballot ( Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said he's well-prepared to take the city's reins but hopes the campaign finance fee problem he encountered recently won't cost him a place on the Feb. 24 ballot. Read more
Cockrel takes city's reins with eye on February ballot ( Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) Detroit Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said he's well-prepared to take the city's reins but hopes the campaign finance fee problem he encountered recently won't cost him a place on the Feb. 24 ballot. Read more
A dealer and#x2014; and his reputation and#x2014; on the ballot ( Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:01:00 +0100) The economy and the war are important, of course. But in Florida's 13th Congressional District, a raft of lawsuits against Rep. Vern Buchanan and his big auto dealership group is a defining campaign issue. Read more
Brighton to vote on school bond, millage ( Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100) A Livingston County school district that could come under state oversight by the end of this school year will seek voter approval of two ballot proposals Tuesday. Read more
Pontiac initiative would boost cops ( Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:02:00 +0100) A tax proposal on Tuesday's ballot, if passed, will allow the city's hobbled Police Department to re-hire at least 15 officers laid off in budget cuts in recent years. Read more
Poll: Obama, medical pot lead in Michigan; stem cell proposal is a tossup ( Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:02:00 +0100) Barack Obama continues to hold a commanding lead in Michigan's presidential race, and to give fellow Democrats a boost in down-ballot races. Read more
War chest bolsters Mich. Dems get-out-vote drive ( Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100) Democrats in the final days of the 2008 campaign have substantially more manpower and money to get their Michigan voters to the polls -- an edge that could help not just Barack Obama but Democratic candidates in key races lower on the ballot. Read more
Request filed to remove Cockrel from mayoral election ( Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0200) DETROIT -- Political consultant Adolph Mongo this morning filed a request with the City Clerk's Office to remove Mayor Kenneth V. Cockrel Jr.'s name from the ballot for the February special mayoral election. Read more Cockrel fears being tossed from ballot ( Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0200) DETROIT -- Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said Thursday he has hired an attorney and is concerned he could be tossed from the special mayoral election ballot because of his unpaid campaign fines. Read more Southfield school millage on ballot ( Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0200) The Southfield Public School District is the only district in Oakland County with a proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot, and for the first time ever, it is being included in a fall general election. Read more
Political fines pester Cockrel ( Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:02:00 +0200) Mayor Kenneth V. Cockrel Jr. owes $42,000 in fines for failing to make timely disclosures of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, a debt that raises questions about his spot on the February special election ballot. Read more
Drug czar in Michigan to oppose medical marijuana ( Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:07:00 +0200) LANSING -- The nation's top anti-drug official is in Lansing to campaign against a Michigan ballot proposal that would legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Read more
Communities cut workweek, costs ( Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0200) Need to drop off your absentee ballot or stop by the treasurer's office in Bloomfield Township? Don't do it on Friday. The township's offices are closed this Friday -- and every Friday. This affluent Oakland County township is one of a growing number of Metro Detroit communities switching to a four-day workweek. They close their doors on Fridays but extend hours Monday through Thursday to cut down on utility costs and save employees gas money. Read more Laura Berman: Voting can require stamina ( Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:12:00 +0200) Even well-informed voters know the feeling: They arrive to vote confidently well-briefed, ready to execute civic responsibilities. Then they're stumped by a ballot proposal nobody mentioned and that's too complex to master within seconds while a line of impatient citizens wait. Read more
Council may vote today on charter 
Detroit City Council angles to get charter on February ballot 
Cockrel takes city's reins with eye on February ballot 
Pontiac initiative would boost cops 
Cockrel fears being tossed from ballot 
Communities cut workweek, costs 
