Voting Rights

Join the ACLU of Western Michigan Local Unit on the third Thursday of the month for its monthly meeting and learn how you can get involved in civil-rights and civil-liberties issues that matter most to you in your community.

The ACLU of Western Michigan is engaged in a variety of activism, public education and awareness, and engagement and recruitment activities The next scheduled meeting will take place March 15th, at the Wealthy Theater Annex in Grand Rapids.

Our primary issues this month will be:

Expand voter access to the ballot.

Come to a Feb 21 meeting, 6:00 pm, at the Unitarian Church, 4001 Ann Arbor Saline Rd, to organize for circulating petitions to put an election reform proposal on the November ballot.

A coalition including the League of Women Voters, the ACLU of Michigan and the state and Detroit branches of the NAACP has filed ballot language with the Secretary of State’s office for a constitutional amendment to expand voter access to the ballot.

Democracy only works when everyone can participate. By making voting more accessible, secure and fair, our democracy will better serve all Americans and our laws will better reflect the will of the people. Everyone – Republicans, Democrats and Independents – deserves to have their vote secure and counted. Michiganders across the state are coming together to learn about how we can get to work improving our state’s voting system to ensure it prioritizes voters and removes barriers for working families.

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Trump is engaging in an assault on voting rights. We’re going to respond by going on offense at the state and local levels to expand access to the ballot and make our democracy more representative.https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/join?source=root

https://www.facebook.com/events/377094112707886/

Hosted by League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area
The topic of this Lunch & Learn will be Redistricting and we will be presenting the LWVMI (League of Women Voters, Michigan) powerpoint: Should Politicians Choose Their Voters?

Registration required at:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4ea4ad23a6fe3-lunch2

We need to talk.. about voting. Join us for our 2nd America Divided Screening. This screening features a new story, Democracy for Sale. How has money shaped our electoral process? Still wondering how the popular vote, the vote of the people, is not how we elect our nation's leader? What is gerrymandering? Come on out and let's talk about it.

#mylansing #storiesuniteus #loveisresistance

America Divided

The Voters Not Politicians ballot committee and grassroots organization Count MI Vote are co-hosting Redistricting Reform Town Halls across Michigan, and we're holding one in Dearborn!

This is an opportunity for voters to learn about gerrymandering and discuss policy options. It will start with a fun and engaging introduction to the facts, then move into a discussion to hear from you and your neighbors.

The Voters Not Politicians ballot committee and grassroots organization Count MI Vote are co-hosting Redistricting Reform Town Halls across Michigan, and we're holding one in Houghton Lake!

This is an opportunity for voters to learn about gerrymandering and discuss policy options. It will start with a fun and engaging introduction to the facts, then move into a discussion to hear from you and your neighbors.

Join us for a casual evening with good food and friends. Non-members are welcome.
RSVP to President@lwvannarbor.org