Voter

How to find out what's on your ballot:  You can find out what is on your election ballot by visiting the State of Michigan’s Voter Information website at http://mvic.sos.state.mi.us  There...

President Obama still leads narrowly in most polls in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin, keeping him on the path...

LANSING (WWJ) - Secretary of State Ruth Johnson is encouraging Michigan voters to view their sample ballot prior to the Nov....

WASHINGTON — A robust registration push by President Barack Obama‘s re-election campaign has resulted in more Democrats than Republicans on the voter rolls in most battleground states, including Florida and Nevada, according to data from state election boards. But Republicans have had their own registration success, narrowing the Democratic voter advantage since 2008 in many of the battlegrounds, including Iowa. And party officials say they have put more resources into persuading independent voters who are already registered to cast their ballots for party nominee Mitt Romney. SEE ALSO: Pennsylvania Dad, Left 1-Year-Old Daughter To Go Rob Homes[1] “We do not put as big an emphasis on voter registration programs as we do in talking to and persuading independents,” said Rick Wiley, political director for the Republican National Committee. “I would prefer to go in and talk to an independent who is already registered. They have a voter history.” The president’s campaign, which promoted the v ...

WASHINGTON — Deidra Reese isn’t waiting for people to come to her to find out whether they are registered to vote. SEE ALSO: From The Desperate Files: Mitt Romney Wears ‘Brownface’ To Address Latino Voters?[1] With iPad in hand, Reese is going to community centers, homes, and churches in nine Ohio cities, looking up registrations to make sure voters have proper ID and everything else they need to cast ballots on Election Day. “We are not going to give back one single inch. We have fought too long and too hard,” said Reese, 45, coordinator of the Columbus-based Ohio Unity Coalition, an affiliate of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. Reese is part of a cadre of Black women engaged in a revived wave of voting rights advocacy four years after the historic election of the nation’s first Black president. Provoked by voting law changes in various states, they have decided to help voters navigate the system – a fitting role, they say, given that Black women had the highest ...