Why We Care About the Census
What makes the census so important? Well, the data collected by the census next year will be used to determine a host of issues. In particular, the amount of federal funding available to the state of Michigan for services, such as educational grants, depends largely upon the results of the census. To learn more, click here.
News and Events
New Fact Sheets from the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network
Census 101: The Basics
Seven Things Any Nonprofit Needs to Know about Census 2010
Census by the Numbers
Why Nonprofits: Key to a Complete Count
The Michigan Census Office is hiring!
For more information, visit the Detroit region's official census employment page here.
Election Results
See election results in the State of Michigan for all statewide and state-level races. You can also view local election results sorted by county.
State Election Results
Email Alerts
The Michigan Participation Project, in conjunction with the Michigan Nonprofit Association's Advocacy Action Network, sends out periodic email alerts on important issues pertaining to 501(c)(3)s and elections. If you're not a part of this email network, sign up today!
Work as an Elections Inspector
Click here for information on what it takes to be a precinct worker in the state of Michigan and how to apply. Many municipalities will be holding school board and special elections on May 4, 2010. If you're interested in working the May election, apply now.
Filing Deadlines Fast Approaching for Candidates for August and November 2010 Elections in Michigan
The following information is an excerpt from a publication on the Michigan Secretary of State website.
Candidates seeking a judicial, state, county, township or village office are reminded of the filing deadlines for the Aug. 3 primary and Nov. 2 general elections.
State, County, Township and Village Offices:
- Township and county offices that appear on the ballot this year include office of county commissioner and those county and township offices vacated for reasons other than recall on or before May 3, 2010.
- Partisan and nonpartisan candidates for the August primary (other than judicial candidates) must file a nominating petition and an Affidavit of Identity (two copies) no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 11. Candidates for county convention delegate (precinct delegate) must file an Affidavit of Identity by this same deadline. Republican and Democratic candidates who seek the office of state senator, state representative or a county office may file a $100 filing fee in lieu of a petition. Candidates who wish to withdraw from the election must submit a written notice to the filing official no later than 4 p.m., Friday, May 14.
- Candidates without political party affiliation who seek a partisan office in the November general election must file a qualifying petition and an Affidavit of Identity no later than 4 p.m., Thursday, July 15. Candidates who wish to withdraw from the election must submit a written notice to the filing official no later than 4 p.m., Monday, July 19.
- Candidates who seek a village office which will appear on the November general election ballot must file a nonpartisan nominating petition and an Affidavit of Identity no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 10. Village candidates who wish to withdraw from the election must submit a written notice to the filing official no later than 4 p.m., Friday, Aug. 13.
Candidates for township and village offices file with the township clerk. Candidates for county office file with the county clerk. Candidates for the state Senate, state House of Representatives or the U.S. House of Representatives, whose district is wholly contained in one county, file with the county clerk. Candidates for governor and those state Senate, state House and U.S. House candidates whose districts fall in more than one county file at the Bureau of Elections in Lansing.
Affidavit of Identity forms can be obtained from any county clerk, local clerk or from the Department of State's Bureau of Elections in Lansing. Forms are also available on the Department of State Web site at www.Michigan.gov/sos. Candidates who fail to comply with filing requirements are ineligible to appear on the ballot.
For more information regarding filing requirements and up-to-date listings of the candidates who have filed for judicial and state elective offices, visit the Department of State Web site at www.Michigan.gov/sos or contact the Bureau of Elections at (517) 373-2540.
For Michigan's sake, be sure you're counted
Free Press Editorial, Detroit Free Press
Stand up. Be counted.
If Michigan seeks a new motto for 2010, that's it. It ought to be on billboards and featured in radio and print ads around the Great Lakes.
That's because in just 11 months, the decennial census kicks off, and Michigan has more at stake in the head count than just about any other state. It's one of just two states whose population has declined for the past two years, and its economy has been the most battered by the national recession.
Read the full article here.
