MIchigan Group asks Lt. Gov. candidate to step down from Clerk post

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Appearing in the Oakland Press:

http://tinyurl.com/gnvu7

And this related article.

http://tinyurl.com/haf2v

[livvy]

1. Wow! I can see my feet! Nice sandals! LOL Good coverage, but they...

still don't completely get it, do they? There is a big difference between running for an office, while holding another position, and running for an office and being responsible for counting the votes for that office. It should not happen, especially the way our elections lack transparency today, so the argument that it has happened in the past is a moot point. We do not have confidence in election results as it is, without having this conflict of interest.
It was nice to meet you. I wish more would have been there. Count me in, if I can help in any way. I will not be able to be there on the 31st, however, as I have to return to the classroom to teach my 4th graders about all the individual rights (they are supposed to have) and how the separation of powers (is supposed to work). Sigh...it's getting harder each year to teach the Core Values. It makes me feel like a hypocrite.

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2. MI's own Blackwell or Harris? nt

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3. NV's SoS just won a Repub primary; he was not favored by polls

Now we'll have to face him in the Congressional District 2 race.

[sonroadera]

4. Serious conflict of interest there.

Why is it so hard for some people to see?

[zbdent]

5. Blackwell and Harris

keep getting in the way ...

DOWN IN FRONT!

[Festivito]

6. Link to article.

Ruth Johnson is running for #2 spot, lt. gov, under ReSMUGlican Dick "I outsourced my dad's Amway to China" DeVos. Being in position to steal elections seems a RepuBLEAK party industry.


"...Johnson's serving as an objective elections official when her own name is on the ballot casts a huge shadow on the election process."

http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/082406/loc_2006082445.shtml