July 13th, 20240Arab American and Wayne State University Alumna Rasha Demashkieh is running for an eight-year term on the Wayne State Board of Governors in the Nov. 5 election.
Demashkieh, a Syrian immigrant who graduated from WSU’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 1979, said the university played a special role in her life and she...
July 5th, 20240Hill Harper, 32-year union member, Detroit small business owner, cancer survivor, actor, author and a single father, is running for U.S. Senate in the Michigan Democratic primary on Aug. 6.
“I am not a career politician, but I have a set of lived experiences I think for this moment are very valuable for that 100-person body...
July 5th, 20240Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters is running in the Democratic primary election for Michigan's 13th U.S. House District seat, which represents parts of Detroit, Hamtramck, Romulus, Allen Park, Grosse Pointe and more.
Voters elected Waters to the Detroit City Council as one of two at-large members in 2021, where she has since...
February 3rd, 20220LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Two Republican candidates for state office are under criticism for telling potential poll workers to unplug machines and come armed to the polls.
Ryan Kelley, a Republican candidate for governor, and Mike Detmer, a Republican candidate for State Senate in Livingston County, made the comments when they met with...
January 5th, 20210LANSING — U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of the D.C. District Court has denied plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction in a case geared at overturning results of November's presidential election.
Boasberg’s opinion on the Wisconsin Voters Alliance et al. v. Vice President Michael R. Pence et al. said that “the...
October 17th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — With elections right around the corner, candidates for Dearborn Heights’ District 7 Board of Education discussed their goals if they were to be elected.
Incumbent Board Member Mandy Diroff, who could not be reached for comment, is seeking another four-year term and is competing against newcomers Latanya Gater,...
August 9th, 20190DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Voters in Dearborn Heights headed to the various polling stations to cast their votes for City Council candidates and to decide on a millage proposal in the Crestwood School District.
Incumbents Dave Abdallah, Lisa Hicks-Clayton and Ray Muscat competed for three seats, along with Jamal Bazzi, Larry Henney, Stephen...
May 9th, 20190WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding published its fourth annual report last week, entitled "American Muslim Poll 2019: Predicting and Preventing Islamophobia."
The ISPU surveyed American Muslims, Jews, Catholics and Protestants, including White evangelicals, and non-affiliated participants, to...
April 19th, 20190TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the backing of a majority of parliament members on Tuesday to form a new government, following the April 9 election.
Netanyahu is heading towards a record fifth term in office confident of being able to put together a bloc of religious-rightist parties.
It would be a slim...
March 9th, 20190Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an alliance with the fringe political group Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a widespread outrage ensued.
The anger did not emanate only from the Center, Left and Arab parties, but from some in the Right as well. Even the pro-Israel lobby in the U.S., known for its hawkish...
March 9th, 20190TEL AVIV — Israel’s election board has approved far-right Jewish candidates accused by rivals of racism for next month’s election while disqualifying an Arab party that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said supported terrorism.
The Central Elections Committee’s decisions, taken late on Wednesday, were unlikely to be...
October 8th, 20180DEARBORN — With the deadline for voter registration coming up on Tuesday Oct. 9, political action committees and nonprofits are working to increase voter education and awareness in Michigan, especially in Arab, Muslim and other minority communities.
Muzammil Ahmed, who sits on the executive board of the Michigan Muslim Community...
September 30th, 20180DEARBORN – In the Nov. 6 general election, Dearborn voters will make their choice for governor, state senator, state representative, county commissioner and other important offices.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday Nov. 6.
The deadline to register to vote in the November general election is Oct. 9.
The City...
You think you're a registered voter and intend to vote on November 6?
U.S. citizens across the country soon will vote on all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, for 35 U.S. senators and three dozen governorships. The House of Representatives and possibly the Senate are up for grabs.
Given the high stakes, voters would do...
August 12th, 20180DETROIT — Tuesday’s election brought to light a previously unknown political candidate with a questionable past, who unseated a usually popular state lawmaker.
Betty Jean Alexander, a 53-year-old Detroiter, won the race with 54.5 percent of the vote after signing a waiver saying she wouldn’t spend more than $1,000 on her...
August 11th, 20180DETROIT — At least 14 polling places in Metro Detroit over Tuesday’s primary elections experienced power outages, while others ran out of ballots.
DTE Energy posted a video to its twitter feed 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, explaining that some polling places were still without power because of storms Monday evening.
“Right now...
April 13th, 20182Is voting for Hezbollah candidates considered material support?
DEARBORN – Some Lebanese Americans who are seeking to vote in Lebanon’s May 6 parliamentary elections for the first time are concerned that casting their ballots will label them as supporters of terrorism and lead to their facing persecution and extra...
February 23rd, 20180TEL AVIV — A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to turn state's witness in one of several corruption investigations posing a serious threat to the conservative leader's political survival, local media said.
Shlomo Filber's decision to testify for the state against his former boss is a dramatic turn for...
February 9th, 20180By Lee H. Hamilton
Have you already made up your mind about how you're going to vote — at least by party — in this year's important elections? I hope not.
Because to serve our nation well at this troubled time in its political history, you should be looking for certain qualities in the politicians you favor. Ideology, party...
January 12th, 20180CAIRO — Former armed forces chief of staff General Sami Anan is to run in Egypt's presidential election in March, the party he leads said on Thursday.
An election commission said on Monday Egypt would hold the vote on March 26-28, with a run-off on April 24-26. Candidates must register between Jan 20 and 29.
"The party leaders...
December 22nd, 20170LANSING — Dozens of volunteers with Voters Not Politicians, a volunteer-driven organization focused on ending partisan gerrymandering in Michigan, turned in approximately 180 boxes of petitions with more than 425,000 signatures from each county to the Michigan Bureau of Elections, on Monday surpassing the required 315,654 signatures...
December 1st, 20170DETROIT — Dearborn mayoral candidate and current City Councilman Tom Tafelski has filed a petition for votes recount for the November general elections. Tafelski lost the race against incumbent Mayor Jack O’Reilly Jr. 57 to 42 percent . O’Reilly garnered 10,999 votes while Tafelski received only 8,218.
Tafelski claimed “voter...
November 10th, 20170With all the effort our officials, campaigners, volunteers and local organizations have expanded every year to raise awareness on the importance of voting, it appeared that people were slightly more engaged as they voted in the general elections last Tuesday, November 7. Thankfully, Arab American voters came out and made a strong...
August 11th, 20171DEARBORN — While lawn signs, bumper stickers, handbills and lots of red, white and blue are all pieces of the campaign paraphernalia, these materials can be an eyesore if candidates don't follow city ordinance for placement and cleanup.
So, what are some of the do's and don'ts of campaigning?
"For the campaign workers, they need...
July 14th, 20171DEARBORN — After a lengthy process, the Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) endorsed candidates for various positions in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights' for the August 8 primary elections.
For two days, the group interviewed candidates running for mayor and City Council in both cities, and for city clerk in Dearborn....
May 19th, 20170WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the Justice Department named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Moscow.
The move followed a week in which the White House was thrown into an uproar amid...
March 4th, 20170
DETROIT— On Saturday, February 25, Former Detroit Public Health Director Abdul El-Sayed officially announced his candidacy for governor. He made his announcement under Eastern Market Shed No. 2 before supporters, a broad and diverse congregation that included family and friends.
El-Sayed, a Democrat, thanked family members and...
March 3rd, 20170
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a turn of events paralleling the contentious rivalry between Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Party primaries last year, Representative Keith Ellison(D-MN) lost his bid to become the next Democratic National Committee Chair to former Labor Secretary...
