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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 18, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progresmsichigan.org Michigan Deserves Answers from the Wayne County Board of Canvassers Racist attempt to block election certification inspires FOIA request DETROIT – After a contentious meeting during which the Wayne County Board of Canvassers’ two Republican members initially refused to certify…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Progress Michigan November 17, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Statement on Racist, Partisan Power Grab by GOP Wayne County BOC Members MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan Executive Director Lonnie Scott released the following statement regarding the Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers refusing to certify the November election results:…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 17, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org, 616-916-0574 Progress Michigan to Wayne Board of Canvassers: ‘Do Your Job’ Republican Board of Canvassers are reportedly refusing to certify election results MICHIGAN — Progress Michigan released the following statement regarding information that the Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers will…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 13, 2020 Contact: Lonnie Scott, 734-323-6028, lonnie@progressmichigan.org Gov. Whitmer’s Line 5 Announcement Is the Good News We All Needed Shutting down Line 5 is a win for environmental justice MICHIGAN – Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that she is taking action to shut down Line 5, a major oil…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan November 6, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Michigan Republicans Just Can’t Stop Lying Party of sore losers continues to push baseless rumors of election fraud MICHIGAN – Since it became clear that both former VP Joe Biden and Democratic Sen. Gary Peters would beat their Republican opponents in Michigan,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from the We Make MI Coalition November 4, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Statement on Trump Lawsuit Trying to Block Will of Voters MICHIGAN — The We Make Michigan Coalition released the following statement regarding the Trump campaign’s effort to stop every vote from being counted in Michigan: “This is a blatant attempt to disrupt…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from the We Make MI: Count Every Vote November 2, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org We Make MI Coalition Call to Action: Count Every Vote and Rally for the Will of the People A coalition of organizations, communities and congregations across Michigan are mobilizing to ensure every vote is counted and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan October 30, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org New Poll Shows Strong Numbers for Dems Heading Into Election Day Monthly Lake Effect poll tracks support for various candidates and issues in Michigan MICHIGAN – Today, Progress Michigan released the latest version of Lake Effect, a monthly newsletter featuring data collected by Public…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Multiple Organizations October 28, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, 616-916-0574, sam@progressmichigan.org Open Letter from 37 Orgs: Every Vote Must Be Counted Organizations across the state are mobilizing to ensure the election reflects the will of the people MICHIGAN — Today, as part of a statewide effort, 37 organizations released an open letter showing…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan Political Action October 26, 2020 Contact: Sam Inglot, sam@progressmichigan.org Progress Michigan PACs Build on 2018 Success Millions of Michiganians, Progress Michigan Political Action Fund, working to elect progressive candidates up and down the ticket MICHIGAN – This year, two political action funds operated by Progress Michigan are using the same…