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Spread our Message with our New VAAC Posters!
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Our amazing designer, Angela Davenport, has created two new impactful posters for you to share in your communities. These informational posters are designed to get attention wherever voters might be. They promote our key messages and provide a QR code for accessing our website for more information. We would love to see these at bus…
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In Michigan, a Felony Expungement Restores your Right to Serve on a Jury.
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IN MICHIGAN, A FELONY CONVICTION EXPUNGEMENT RESTORES YOUR RIGHT TO SERVE ON A JURY! If you have a felony conviction in Michigan you cannot currently serve on a jury MCL 600.1307a . However,MCL 780.622(1) states that a person who has had a conviction set aside is considered to have not had a previous conviction. Therefore…
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Member Spotlight: Tony Gant
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VAAC member, Antoniese (Tony) Gant wants to inspire people to participate in our electoral process. He found his own inspiration when he saw the historic election of Barrack Obama from behind bars. Unable to vote, he knew the excitement he felt then would stay with him when he got his rights restored upon release. He…
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VAAC Celebrated Juneteenth Across Michigan!
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IN YPSILANTI … Lawanda Hollister was out representing VAAC at Ypsilanti’s 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration Powered By the People, in her original jumpsuit reminding folks that ๐๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป — “๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ป ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฒ!!” IN GRAND RAPIDS … IN SOUTHFIELD …. PONTIAC …
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Let Me Tell You – Launch Event
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Friday, June 24, 6-8pm218 N. Adams St, Ypsilanti,ย MI48197 Join us to launchย Let Me Tell You: Every Sentence Has a Story! Hearย stories of how individuals living the reality of long sentences, and those that love them, survive, cope, and even thrive through long imprisonment and punishment.ย Celebrate our full humanity together and gain tools for how to…
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Detroit League of Women Voters Announce June Candidate Forums
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The Detroit and Gross Pointe Leagues of Women Voters are hosting candidate forums for the upcoming August 2 Primaries. For a full calendar of all forums dates as well as links to video recordings of the events, please visit the LWV’s ON-LINE CALENDAR .
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MI Coalition Spotlights Need for Jail-Based Voting Improvements
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From Public News Service ย Lily Bohlke, ProducerFriday, June 17, 2022 ย ย Jail-based Voting is needed. Voting-rights groups in Michigan are working to increase awareness about and access to voting in jails. In Michigan, anyone not serving a prison sentence is eligible to vote, although there are barriers often making it nearly impossible for those in…
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Support Jailed Voters
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Sign up to send election reminders to justice impacted folks! Vote By Mail in Jail is seeking volunteers to send postcards to incarcerated folks so they can remind their families and friends that they can vote and that their vote matters. Post cards will be provided that include important dates and requirements for voting โ…
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Millennials & the Vote
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Be sure to watch the recording of this fantastic event HERE. VAAC Member, Amani Sawari shook the house with her powerful spoken word piece Ballot Means. Join millennials for a community conversation about voting. This event will take place on Friday, June 17th 2022 from 1pm – 2:30 pm. Register HERE. From Michigan United: Join…
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Candidate Forum Alert!
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Candidate Forum Alert! With important elections coming up in August and November, now is the time to get to know who is running and hear from them directly. That’s why we are launching this new feature to let you know about candidate forums that are planned throughout the election season. If you know of any…
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Sentencing Project Article on extending Voting Rights in Prison
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VAAC has a long term goal to influence Michigan policy to allow for voting in prison. Currently Maine, Vermont and Washington DC allow people who are currently incarcerated serving a sentence to vote. Connecticut, Oregon, Illinois, New York and New Jersey are working on legislation to bring voting to those incarcerated with felony sentences. The Sentencing…
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Inkster Expungement and Community Resource Fair
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Inkster Expungement & Community Resource Fair hosted by Attorney General Dana Nessel, Mayor Patrick Wimberly and the Inkster Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Saturday, June 25, 2022, from 9 am – 1 pm. at Booker T. Dozier Recreation Complex, 2025 Middlebelt, Inkster, MI 48141. Expungement Walk-ins are available on a first come first…
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