In November 2016, the current Detroit city clerk demonstrated her incompetence when 60,000 votes of Detroiters could not be recounted. However, over the past 12 years of her occupancy of the office of City Clerk, Detroit has witnessed a steady decline in the percentage of people voting. People do not trust that their votes will be counted, and they don’t understand the process. The current clerk does not reach out to voters. The last time her official FaceBook page was updated was in 2013, in a city where 70% of residents use FaceBook!
The following groups have endorsed Garlin Gilchrist for Detroit City Clerk:
Peruse the following list for Michigan’s two largest neswpapers, national political organizations (you might recognize some of them), union locals, groups of political activists, local Democratic party organizations, an Indivisible group, and gubernatorial campaigns.
The union that represents employees who work for the current clerk (AFSCME) has endorsed Garlin. One of the candidates for Governor of the State of Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, is sending volunteers every Sunday, as are others running for state-wide office. They know what the stakes are in Detroit.
- Detroit Free Press
- Detroit News
- Democracy for America
- MoveOn.org
- Our Revolution
- Run for Something
- Fannie- Lou Hamer Political Action Committee
- Working Families Party
- LaunchProgress PAC
- Teamsters Union
- The Metro Detroit AFL-CIO
- AFSCME (American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees)
- Operating Engineers 324
- Laborers' Local 1191
- Unite Here
- The Collective PAC
- Next Up Victory Fund — People for the American Way
- Black Slate (FaceBook)
- Spanish-Speaking Democrats
- The Circle (very active and powerful group of Black women in Detroit)
- Northwest Detroiters on Call for Social Justice
- East Side Slate
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- UNITE HERE Local 24
- Wayne County Democratic Black Caucus
- Michigan's Mighty 14th District Democrats
- 13th Congressional District Democratic Party
- State-wide candidates, including Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
- Plus One.
(From Garlin Gilchrist’s FaceBook page.)
This list is incomplete!
Who’s the Plus One?
You. Would you please help my fellow Detroiters vote? Polls that open late, elevators that don’t work, votes that cannot be recounted, unnecessary and confusing applications mailed to absentee voters: Smells like voter suppression to me.
Remember how the orange vulgarian won in Michigan by a majority of 11,000 votes? Detroit could easily make up those votes if we had a competent city clerk.
Who’s the Plus One? You. Please help us take back my city and your country.
Only 10 full days until the election!
Election Day: November 7, 2017.
About Garlin Gilchrist II
Very briefly, Garlin is the real deal. David Nir, Daily Kos elections guru, called Garlin Gilchrist a “rising star” at Netroots Nation 2017.
How to Support Garlin Gilchrist II
- Donate to his campaign via ActBlue. We reached our first goal. Thank you! We reset the goal to $750. Please use our ActBlue link to help us track our progress.
- Donate via snail mail. Print the self-explanatory form or send me a kosmail or email for details.
- Support this story as you would support any Daily Kos story, including by FaceBook and Twitter. Please share on social media, whether or not you choose to donate.
- Tell Detroit voters, friends and family, about Garlin.
- Follow Garlin on Facebook and Twitter. Visit his website.
- Near or in Detroit? To volunteer, go to the campaign’s volunteering webpage, send an email or call, or contact me by kosmail or email.
- A registered voter in Detroit? Make a plan to vote. Call the Detroit City Clerk today for an absentee ballot at (313) 876-0190.
- Phonebank for Garlin: Please volunteer first, as noted above.
Supporting Garlin Gilchrist is a project of Support the Dream Defenders. Thank you, members of Support the Dream Defenders, members of DK Fans of 90 for 90, and readers and members of Daily Kos, for your support: We’ve raised more than $625 to date! This is what democracy looks like.
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