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Cockrel, Jr. beThis at isthe a pollsvery for important your review General or stateElection identification card must and close at 8:00 p.m. Anyone in Saunteel Jenkins through Monday,line November before the polls 3rd, close 9:00 will a.m. be Brenda Jones on Election Day. Remember that match your voter registration MAYOR OF DETROIT for our city and state. We must make - 5:00 p.m. On the back of this Newsletter, Kwame Kenyatta the charter serves as Detroit’s address. Therefore, if the allowed to vote. Mike Duggan Democracy work for us by learning about Andre Spivey constitution and is designed to address on your driver’syou will license find the Forname, further precinct information, and pleasepolling DETROITJames CITY Tate COUNCIL targetthose weaccountability wish to votefor for.city Toor determine state identification card contact the Department of JoAnn Watson location of each registered voter residing services.the list ofThe candidates charter allowsthat willis bedifferent found from the address Elections at (313) 876-0190. Brenda Jones at the address to which this Newsletter President on your specific ballot, please refer to the was mailed. If a voter does not reside at George Cushingberry Jr. instructions found at the top of page 3 of the address listed, please contact Detroit President Pro-Tem this newsletter. To ensure that you are Department of Elections at (313) 876-0190. Scott Benson Raquel Castaneda-Lopez Remember: TO Polls open at 7:00 a.m. Saunteel Jenkins • On Monday, November • When going to vote, be • rd Detroit, MI Detroit, 3 , you may vote by prepared to present photo and close at 8:0048202 MI p.m.Detroit, Gabe Leland Permit #2003 Permit absentee until 4:00 p.m., ID. If you do not have a Anyone inBlvd. lineGrand beforeWest 2978 PAID Mary Sheffield in the office. photo ID, you must fill the pollsElections of close willDepartment beDetroit U.S. Postage U.S. D D , a G irector eputy very ina Andre SpiveyNon-Profit out and sign an affidavit. allowed to vote. , D , B . a D irector axter aniel James Tate For further information, please contact the Department of Elections at (313) 876-0190. Page 2 Fall 2014 Getting Detroit’s Voter Rolls Right As the City Clerk for the largest through arbitrary cancellations QVF and, as a consequence, voter municipality in the state of made by election administrators records are expunged. As a result of Michigan, maintaining an accurate due to inactivity. these efforts, in 2007, the number and systematic voter file is of registered voters in Detroit paramount to the overall success of For a voter’s record to be cancelled, decreased significantly. However, in administering elections. one of the following must take readiness for the 2008 Presidential place: The DOE must (1) receive a Election, many organizations It has always been a priority of request, in writing, from the voter embarked on voter registration mine to ensure that Detroit’s voter to have their voter registration drives resulting in more than 80,000 records are authentic. Since 2006, record cancelled; (2) the DOE new electors in just one year. To the Department of Elections (DOE) receives official information, in date, Detroit has 529,000 registered has been working to enhance the writing, from a reliable source voters, of which nearly 12,000 are integrity of Detroit’s elections that the voter is deceased; (3) the expected to be cancelled by the end process by first removing all invalid DOE receives written information of this year. voter registration records from the that the voter has registered in Qualified Voter File (QVF). QVF is another jurisdiction; (4) if a Voter Be assured that the ongoing purging the database that houses all voter Identification Card is mailed and of Detroit’s voter roll is paramount records in Michigan. then returned by the United States in guaranteeing accuracy in Postal Service as “undeliverable”, voting, preventing voter fraud It is not as easy as one may think a confirmation notice is mailed to and providing exact percentages to cancel a voter’s record. Before the voter’s last address on file. The in voter turnout. The Department the enactment of the National notice informs the elector that their of Election’s primary objective is Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of voter registration will be cancelled to administer elections within the 1993, election administrators could if they do not respond to the notice framework of the law. Whether the cancel a voter’s record after five (5) or fails to vote over the course of the issue(s) pertaining to elections are years of inactivity. Since NVRA, next two federal election cycles. associated with the National Voting canceling a voter’s record is largely Rights Act, the Help America Vote dependent upon the voter, family In order to meet the challenge, we Act or the Voting rights Act of 1965, member(s) of the voter or other routinely request from the Wayne Detroiters can be assured that chief agencies notifying the DOE, in County Vital Statistics Division among our goal continues to be writing, of the voter’s death or their and Social Security Administration maintaining accurate and reliable relocation to another jurisdiction. a list of previous voters who either voter records while protecting your The intent of NVRA is to protect died or no longer reside in Detroit. right to vote! voters from being disenfranchised This list is compared with Detroit’s Fall 2014 Page 3 How to Find Your Candidates From the Sample Ballot On page 4 and 5 of this newsletter you will find the list of offices and candidates for which every voter in the City of Detroit can vote. On the back page of this newsletter you will find the offices and districts that are specific to your precinct. After determining your districts, please refer to page 6 to find the offices, districts and list of candidates for which you will vote on your ballot. General Ballot Election Instructions TO VOTE: Completely darken the oval opposite each CHECK BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT: This ballot has two choice as shown: sides. Be certain to check the reverse side of the ballot. IMPORTANT: To mark your ballot, use only a black or WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED VOTING: Place the blue ink pen.