"Voting should not come at a cost for anyone!" Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum said in a Tweet. The MSU Police will void any tickets received by voters or volunteers on Election Day.
“It’s hard to find different programs here at MSU to support you,” Downs said. “And that’s the worst part about it. You get discouraged because you don’t have anyone in your corner to hold your hand and guide you.” First-generation students ask for more support during the fourth annual first-generation student appreciation week on campus.
After two winters of being protected from flu season by mask mandates and physical distancing, experts say this season might see more cases as our immune systems are reintroduced to the virus.
The SIRS forms will be revamped to "address what quality teaching looks like on campus." ASMSU representatives also suggested a new model for the presidential search committee, limiting trustee and donor spots to allow more room for MSU community members.
All four new board members are mothers of children who are or will be students at ELPS, and have been involved in public education in various ways over recent years.
Located at 321 E. Grand River Ave., Coratti’s Pizzeria Bar and Bocce will feature two stories of dining, a bar and two 60-feet bocce courts.
The two Democratic trustee candidates, Renee Knake Jefferson and Dennis Denno, won both open seats on the board. Their Republican challengers, Travis Menge and Mike Balow, said they fully accept the results.
Renee Knake Jefferson and Dennis Denno have won the two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees with 24.94% and 24.35% of the votes, respectively, according to Ingham County's unofficial results. Their terms will start in January 2023.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin gave a “special shout out” to students who waited in an hourslong line at Brody Hall to vote on Tuesday night. This turnout, she said, was the fruition of the same-day registration and voting measures that were on the ballot in 2018.
The last time that Democrats held a majority in the state Senate was in 1984 – when the first Ghostbusters movie was in theaters.
Nessel said Michigan values like “Love over Hate,” “Facts over Lies” and “Democracy over Fascism” were pushing her campaign forward to victory.
With the passage of Proposal 1, term limits will now change in Michigan and the governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state lawmakers will now be required to turn over annual financial disclosure reports around assets, sources of income, gifts and travel.
The State News attended both election viewing parties of Michigan's 7th Congressional District candidates – Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Michigan Sen. Tom Barrett – Tuesday night. Both events portrayed different moods to the media.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin has been declared the winner in the race for Michigan's 7th Congressional District and will return for a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Whitmer defeated her opponent, Tudor Dixon, by a margin of five points, with 51.7% to Dixon’s 46.7%.
With 66 percent of the vote in, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is projected to win, holding a 53 percent lead at the time of publication.
Michigan State students waited in line on campus for over three hours after polls closed to cast their ballots in the Nov. 8 general election.
Election Day 2022 marks the end of a fierce campaign season that has covered dozens of issues most important to the state of Michigan — abortion rights, inflation and education, to name a few.
“Honestly, I was expecting a lot more apathy. I'm really happy that so many people have actually intended to make their voices heard,” New Voters Project organizer Felix De Simone said.
Hundreds of students have registered to vote on campus at Brody Hall. Poll workers say on-campus locations are running smoothly.