elections
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November 30, 2023
Central Student Government resolutions and voting process
The university has canceled the portion of a student election that included two resolutions regarding U-M’s position on violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip, following concerns about the integrity of the voting process.
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November 13, 2023
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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October 30, 2023
It Happened at Michigan — Breaking barriers and making gay rights history
U-M student Kathy Kozachenko, who campaigned in residence halls and student neighborhoods, made history in 1974 by becoming the country’s first openly gay elected official.
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November 9, 2022
White, Behm re-elected to seats on Board of Regents
Incumbent Democrats Katherine E. White and Michael J. Behm have been re-elected to eight-year terms on the Board of Regents, drawing 25.16% and 24.56% of the statewide vote, respectively.
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November 9, 2022
U-M president, Michigan Medicine CEO react to Proposal 3 passing
President Santa J. Ono and Michigan Medicine CEO Marschall S. Runge expressed their support for access to comprehensive reproductive health care following the success of a statewide reproductive-rights ballot initiative.
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November 8, 2022
Election Day 2022
Voters took to the polls at various locations across the Ann Arbor campus on Nov. 8 to cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm election.
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November 2, 2022
Former legislators broadly favor reforming or ending term limits
As voters in Michigan consider a ballot measure to change the state’s legislative term limits, a survey of former legislators shows overwhelming support for reforming or abolishing the limits.
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October 31, 2022
Profiles of four Board of Regents candidates
Four candidates running for two seats on the Board of Regents in the Nov. 8 general election provided The University Record with short profiles describing their background and platform.
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October 28, 2022
Voters must wade through political information for accuracy
In this Q&A, Arthur Lupia, the Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, talks about how voters seek information before going to the polls.
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October 28, 2022
Expert: Four ways Americans can keep their vote secure and accurate
J. Alex Halderman, one of the nation’s foremost election security experts and a professor of computer science at U-M, recommends steps that voters can take as they head to the polls this November.