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Need Help finding information on local politicians
8 Oct 05 | Me

Posted on 10/08/2005 12:48:05 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear

I am an absentee voter registered in Westland Michigan. I am trying to find information about city council members.

I've already tried Google and Dogpile. I checked the votesmart website but they don't have anything for city level elections. I couldn't even find biographies for the incumbents on the city website.

My family members are very liberal and I don't feel they would be unbiased.

I would rather not vote than make an uninformed choice.

Can anyone point me to some helpful resources? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

God bless you all!


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: absenteevoting; choosewisely; politicians

1 posted on 10/08/2005 12:48:09 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear
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To: Grizzled Bear

Contact the MI state party at http://www.migop.org/default.asp and go from there. Larger cities also have information and are probably linked from the state web site.


2 posted on 10/08/2005 12:51:54 PM PDT by Morgan in Denver
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To: Grizzled Bear
Sometimes it's hard to find information on local pols. I would:

1. Contact your county or district GOP County/district GOP parties

2. Look up the donation history of candidates for city council. These are public record.

Opensecrets show donations to federal candidates

Contribution search for state level candidates

3 posted on 10/08/2005 1:04:22 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("My Gov'nor don't got the answer")
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To: Grizzled Bear

Well, you could always ask for advice from your family and vote the opposite way. :-)


4 posted on 10/08/2005 1:10:19 PM PDT by Aunt Polgara
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To: Dan from Michigan; Morgan in Denver

I just sent a message to my district GOP group.

Thanks!


5 posted on 10/08/2005 1:35:04 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear
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