The Detroit city clerk election was very close on Tuesday. The incumbent won by 1% of the votes, but the votes have not yet been certified by the Wayne County Board of Canvassers. Team Garlin is gathering resources, examining the data, recording issues, and choosing strategies to force a recount.
In the video of his press conference on November 8 (below), Garlin explained the reasons for a recount. As he has been saying since March, he stands for transparency and for ensuring Detroit voters that their votes are received and counted correctly.
You’ll could skip ahead to the 5-minute mark in the following video, where the press conference begins. The useful video is about 9 minutes long:
Detroit voters deserve an election process they can trust.
In response to issues observed with the November 2017 election, we have established the Detroit Voting Openness and Transparency Effort (VOTE) Fund to deliver the transparency and accountability Detroit voters need to restore trust in the voting process. New ActBlue page.
Quick Review
Garlin is the real deal, but don’t take my word for it, take JoanMar’s word or peregrine kate’s word or David Nir’s word. See a partial list of groups who have endorsed him — 28 on that partial list.
Peruse his website, watch the three debates he has had with the incumbent.
As I have noted previously in our Friday night Support the Dream Defenders stories, this apparently minor election in Detroit could help sensible Americans take back our country. The vulgarian won in Michigan by only 11,000 votes, and Garlin Gilchrist will use his technical know-how to increase voter turnout, rather than suppress the vote in the manner of the current incompetent city clerk. Restoring voter confidence and proactively inviting citizens to participate will reverse declines in voter participation and will increase the number of votes cast in Detroit, helping us take Michigan back.
peregrine kate’s first story on Garlin quoted at length a story that Eli Savit posted on FaceBook. Eli is a professor of law at University of Michigan and was a law clerk for Justices Sandra Day O'Connor (ret.) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. — 2thanks
Am I now a political operative?
Have I sunk that low? ;o)
In the interest of transparency on Daily Kos, on the night before the election, Garlin’s campaign manager handed me a $200 honorarium for my geeky data work creating tools to help Garlin visualize his campaign strategies. This is the third time I have mentioned my honorarium on Daily Kos, and I have satisfied all reasonable criteria for transparency. If I get another honorarium, I will let you know.
More about the recount later, as I get new information.
Thank you, everybody, for your pre-election support! Our Daily Kos-Garlin Gilchrist old ActBlue page shows we raised $780 for the campaign, and Garlin and the team and I are thankful. However, we have a new new ActBlue page for the recount process: The Detroit Voting Openness and Transparency Effort (VOTE) Fund.
Garlin Gilchrist: Facebook, Twitter, website.
Power with, not power over,
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