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CURRENT ELECTION
- Frequently-Asked Questions (Secretary of State)
- How to register to vote
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All Candidates
- Michigan
Elections (Michigan Department of State)
- State-wide general and primary election results by district beginning
with the 1994 primaries; registered voters
- Election, campaign, and lobby registration laws
- Filing deadlines, ballot proposals
- Election districts for the various state offices arranged by
county
- List
of candidates for state offices and their campaign finances
- Voter registration instructions
- Non-Partisan Voting
Guide
for Michigan (League of Women Voters)
- Candidates answer questions for all state level races on Nov. 4,
2008
- Includes candidates for governor, the federal and state
legislatures, state courts, university governing boards
- Submissions by lobby groups on the ballot proposals
- Publius
- Type in name; will tell you if you are registered
- Type in name or address for a copy of your own Nov. 4, 2008 ballot
and your
voting place
- Includes federal, state, and local offices and propositions
- Vote 411
- Type in your address for all of the candidates on the ballot
- Under each office, choose two people to compare their positions
- Updated for the 2014 general election
Michigan
Ballot
Proposals
- Summaries
- Michigan Ballot
Proposals (Secretary of State)
- Text of the two proposals and their individual origins (petitions,
bills, etc)
- List of proposals which will not be voted upon for various reasons
- Ballot
Proposals (Citizens' Research Council of Michigan)
- Text of the two ballot proposals, with a summary, analysis, and
actual ballot language
Congressional
- Official
Candidate List, November 2008 (Secretary of State)
- List of all candidates for federal and state office on the November
4, 2008 ballot
- Includes office, name, party, address
- Campaign Finance
Reporting On-Line (Secy. of State)
- Contributions and expenditures of candidates and their campaign
finance committees as well as the text of submitted documents
- Searchable by committee, ID number, candidate, party and office
- Congressional Candidates (Politics 1)
- List of Michigan Congressional Districts with links to selected primary candidate web sites
State Office
- Official
Candidate List, November 2006 (Secretary of State)
- List of all candidates for federal and state office on the November
4, 2008 ballot
- Governor, state legislature, secretary of state
- Includes office, name, party, address
- Campaign Finance
Reporting On-Line (Secy. of State)
- Contributions and expenditures of candidates and their campaign
finance committees as well as the text of submitted documents
- Searchable by committee, ID number, candidate, party and office
- State
Candidates (Congress.org)
- Links to Michigan House and Senate candidate biographies and their web sites
- Election District Maps
- Maps for the Michigan Senate and House Election districts as well as
Congressional Districts
- 1992 maps show active districts through the 2000 elections
- 2001 maps are active, 2002+
- See also Ballot Proposals
- Gongwer
News Service
- Behind-the-scenes political report on the Michigan Legislature and
legislation
- Quotations by legislators and lobbyists made on the floor, in
committee, and in news conferences
- Coverage begins with September 1993
- Searchable by date or keyword
- Single-site password available in Documents Center; ask staff for
sign-on
- Michigan in Brief
- Analyzes 65 issues likely to come before the State Legislature
- Examples include AIDS, assisted suicide, casinos, civil rights,
crime, firearms, Headlee Amendment, roads, taxes and welfare reform
- Provides background with statistics, pro and con arguments, and web
or address sources for additional information
- Appendices address a variety of non-legislative issues (foundations,
volunteerism, basic statistics and state symbols)
- Economic, political and cultural history of Michigan since the 17th
Century
- Concise but meaty descriptions of state and local government
- Sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Council of Michigan
Foundations, and Public Sector Consultants
- Archived copies in Graduate Library stacks since 1986: JK 5801 .M541
- Note: the latest version is 2002/03
- State of
the State Survey
- Michigan public opinion on state government and major issues facing
the state since 1994
- Most data available for download into SPSS programs
- The surveys from October 1994 through July 2002 are also available for
on-line analysis
- Guide
(UMich)
Historical Elections
Territorial
Elections
- A New Nation
Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 (Tufts/American
Antiquarian Society)
- Search for state, county and city election results for federal,
state, and local officials, 1787-1825
- You can search by combinations of states, candidates, office titles,
dates
- This is original research by Philip Lampi from a time when election
records were scattered
Ballot
Proposals
- Initiatives
and Referenda, 1964-2005
- List of ballot proposals that were passed or defeated, the data, and
votes for or against
- Appears at the beginning of the Elections chapter of the
Michigan Manual
- Election
Results (Secretary of State)
- Results of statewide ballot proposals since 1998
President
- BY COUNTY
- CQ Voting
and Elections (UMich Only)
- Browse the Presidential, Congressional, or Gubernatorial sections by state to obtain county or Congressional District election data for Michigan
- Presidential by county: 1920+, presidential primary by state: 1916-24, 1972+;
Congressional district by district: 1832+; gubernatorial by county: 1970+
- Use the very small link on the bottom left frame of the main page to export or download data
- David
Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
- Maps and tables with Presidential votes since 1860
- Maps outline state electoral votes
- Tables show major and independent presidential and vice presidential
candidates, popular and electoral votes, and percentages for both
- County election data for 1912-2000
- Michigan
Manual
- Web versions begin with 1999; paper versions contain the
following:
- Gubernatorial elections by county, ca. 1866+
- Presidential elections by county, ca. 1870+
- State officers election data by county, ca. 1886+
- State house and senate by district as well as Congressional
representatives by
district with corresponding district maps, ca. 1900+
- Stacks: JK 5831 with current in Documents Center and on
the web above
- Republican
Presidential Primary Results: 2000 (Secy of State)
- Presidential primary totals by county and Congressional District
- Includes all candidates and vote totals
- Republican presidential primary held Feb. 22, 2000
- BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
- Politics in America
- Approximations of Presidential vote by Congressional District found under each individual district, 1972-1996; under state for the 2000 election
- Grad Stacks: JK 1010 .P76 with current issue in Documents
Center
- PoliData
- PRESIDENTIAL and Congressional election results by district,
1992-2004
- BY ELECTION PRECINCT
- Election Precinct Search (Secretary of State)
- Search for results of Congressional, Presidential and state races by county or
precinct
- General election, 1998+
- Republican
Presidential Primary Results (Secy of State)
- Presidential primary totals by county and Congressional District
- Includes all candidates and vote totals
- Republican presidential primary held Feb. 22, 2000
- Washtenaw County Clerk: 1980+
- Statewide election results by precinct
- Local election results for schools and communities begin at various times
Governor
- BY COUNTY
- CQ Voting
and Elections (UMich Only)
- Browse the Presidential, Congressional, or Gubernatorial sections by state to obtain county or Congressional District election data for Michigan
- Presidential by county: 1920+, presidential primary by state: 1916-24, 1972+;
Congressional district by district: 1832+; gubernatorial by
county: 1970+
- Use the very small link on the bottom left frame of the main page to export or download data
- Michigan
General Election Results by County: 2002 (Secretary of State)
- Shows election results of statewide races by county
- Includes governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state
university governing boards and judges
- Data for U.S. Congressional Representatives arranged by
district and then county, as applicable
- HTML format only
- Michigan General
Election Results: 1998 (Secretary of State)
- Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, University regents,
ballot proposals, State Senate and House, judges, Congress
- County totals for statewide offices; district totals for Congress as well as the state house and senate
- Governor's Race
Spreadsheet (UMich)
- Spreadsheet of total and party votes for governor by county
- 1994 and 1998 data
- Michigan
Manual
- Web versions begin with 1999; paper versions contain the
following:
- Gubernatorial elections by county, ca. 1866+
- Presidential elections by county, ca. 1870+
- State officers election data by county, ca. 1886+
- State house and senate by district as well as Congressional
representatives
by district with corresponding district maps, ca. 1900+
- Stacks: JK 5831 with current in Documents Center and
on
the web above
- Gubernatorial Votes by
County, 1854-1918
- Data digitized by Shevon Desai from the Michigan Manual,
1919-20
- BY ELECTION PRECINCT
Congress
- BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
- Clerk of the House
- Historical data includes national electoral college results since the
1st Congress, Presidential and Senatorial election results by state and
House by district since 1920
- Data on the political divisions in Congress since the 34th
Congress
- CQ Voting
and Elections (UMich Only)
- Browse the Presidential, Congressional, or Gubernatorial sections by state to obtain county or Congressional District election data for Michigan
- Presidential by county: 1920+, presidential primary by state: 1916-24, 1972+;
Congressional district by district: 1832+; gubernatorial by county: 1970+
- Use the very small link on the bottom left frame of the main page to export or download data
- Michigan
General Election Results by County: 2002 (Secretary of State)
- Shows election results of statewide races by county
- Includes governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state
university governing boards and judges
- Data for U.S. Congressional Representatives arranged by
district and then county, as applicable
- HTML format only
- Michigan General
Election Results: 1998 (Secretary of State)
- Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, University regents,
ballot proposals, State Senate and House, judges, Congress
- County totals for statewide offices; district totals for Congress as well as the state house and senate
- Michigan Manual
- Gubernatorial elections by county, ca. 1866+
- Presidential elections by county, ca. 1870+
- State officers election data by county, ca. 1886+
- State house and senate by district as well as Congressional representatives by
district with corresponding district maps, ca. 1900+
- Stacks: JK 5831 with current in Documents Center and on the web above
- BY ELECTION PRECINCT
- Election Precinct Search (Secretary of State)
- Search for results of Congressional, Presidential and state races by county or
precinct
- General election, 1998+
- Washtenaw County Clerk: 1980+
- Statewide election results by precinct
- Local election results for schools and communities begin at various times
State Legislature
- BY STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
- Michigan
General Election Results by County: 2002 (Secretary of State)
- Shows election results of statewide races by county
- Includes governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state
university governing boards and judges
- Data for U.S. Congressional Representatives arranged by
district and then county, as applicable
- State Senators and Representatives by legislative district
- HTML format only
- Michigan General
Election Results: 1998 (Secretary of State)
- Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, University regents,
ballot proposals, State Senate and House, judges, Congress
- County totals for statewide offices; district totals for Congress as well as the state house and senate
- Michigan Manual
- Gubernatorial elections by county, ca. 1866+
- Presidential elections by county, ca. 1870+
- State officers election data by county, ca. 1886+
- State house and senate by district as well as Congressional representatives by
district with corresponding district maps, ca. 1900+
- Stacks: JK 5831 with current in Documents Center and on the web above
- BY ELECTION PRECINCT
- Election Precinct Search (Secretary of State)
- Search for results of Congressional, Presidential and state races by county or
precinct
- General election, 1998+
- Washtenaw County Clerk: 1980+
- Statewide election results by precinct
- Local election results for schools and communities begin at various times
Other State Office
- BY COUNTY
- Michigan
General Election Results by County: 2002 (Secretary of State)
- Shows election results of statewide races by county
- Includes governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state
university governing boards and judges
- Data for U.S. Congressional Representatives arranged by
district and then county, as applicable
- HTML format only
- Michigan General
Election Results: 1998 (Secretary of State)
- Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, University regents,
ballot proposals, State Senate and House, judges, Congress
- County totals for statewide offices; district totals for Congress as well as the state house and senate
- Michigan Manual
- Gubernatorial elections by county, ca. 1866+
- Presidential elections by county, ca. 1870+
- State officers election data by county, ca. 1886+
- State house and senate by district as well as Congressional representatives by
district with corresponding district maps, ca. 1900+
- Stacks: JK 5831 with current in Documents Center and on the web above
- BY ELECTION PRECINCT
- Election Precinct Search (Secretary of State)
- Search for results of Congressional, Presidential and state races by county or
precinct
- General election, 1998+
- Washtenaw County Clerk: 1980+
- Statewide election results by precinct
- Local election results for schools and communities begin at various times
Local Elections
- Election
District Maps
- Maps for the Michigan Senate and House Election districts as well as
Congressional Districts
- 1992 maps show active districts through the 2000 elections
- 2001 maps are active, 2002+
- Michigan
Manual
- Gubernatorial elections by county, ca. 1866+
- Presidential elections by county, ca. 1870+
- State officers election data by county, ca. 1886+
- State house and senate by district as well as Congressional
representatives by
district with corresponding district maps, ca. 1900+
- Stacks: JK 5831 with current in Documents Center and on
the web above
- Public
Act 115 of 2001 (S.B. 546)
- Final redistricting plan for the 2002 elections
- No maps but specifies districts by place and census tract, even
block
- Redistricting
2001: Rules
of the Game (Michigan State University)
- Slide show outlining the rules and schedule for Congressional
redistricting in Michigan
- Addresses the margin of latitude on equal representation and how
existing voting districts can be split
- Slides can be addressed individually or through a self-running slide
show
- Based on a seminar conducted by the Institute of Public Policy and
and Social Research
- Gongwer
News Service
- Behind-the-scenes political report on the Michigan Legislature and
legislation
- Quotations by legislators and lobbyists made on the floor, in
committee, and in news conferences
- Coverage begins with September 1993
- Searchable by date or keyword
- Single-site password available in Documents Center; ask staff for
sign-on
- Michigan in Brief
- Analyzes 65 issues likely to come before the State Legislature
- Examples include AIDS, assisted suicide, casinos, civil rights,
crime, firearms, Headlee Amendment, roads, taxes and welfare reform
- Provides background with statistics, pro and con arguments, and web
or address sources for additional information
- Appendices address a variety of non-legislative issues (foundations,
volunteerism, basic statistics and state symbols)
- Economic, political and cultural history of Michigan since the 17th
Century
- Concise but meaty descriptions of state and local government
- Sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Council of Michigan
Foundations, and Public Sector Consultants
- Archived copies in Graduate Library stacks since 1986: JK 5801 .M541
- State of
the State Survey
- Michigan public opinion on state government and major issues facing
the state since 1994
- Most data available for download into SPSS programs
- The surveys from October 1994 through July 2002 are also available for
on-line analysis
- Guide
(UMich)
Newspapers
- Good source for a discussion of the issues and local election data
- Access World News Bank (UMich Only)
- Full text of Michigan newspapers
- Ann Arbor News, 2004+
- Battle Creek Enquirer, 2002+
- Detroit Free Press, 1982+
- Detroit News, 1999+
- Flint Journal, 1995+
- Grand Rapids Press, 2002+
- Huron Daily Tribune, 2001+
- Lansing State Journal, 1999+
- Marlette Leader, 2005+
- Midland Daily News, 2002+
- Saginaw News, 1998+
- Times Herald (Port Huron, MI), 1999+
- Vassar Pioneer Times, 2005+
- Detroit Free Press
- Full text of current issue only
- Issues from 1982 also available to University of Michigan affiliates through Newsbank
- Full text on microfilm (FILM X442)in the Graduate Library since 1832
- Detroit
News
- Lead metro, state, national, and international news
- Editorials, sports, cartoons, lottery numbers, death notices
- Archive begins with July 23, 1995
- Keyword index available for back files
-
Newsbank's
American Newspapers has the full text of the Detroit News since
1999
- Also on CD-ROM
since 1991 in the Serials Room
- Not covered by Academic Universe
- Michigan Daily
- University of Michigan student newspaper
- Daily and archived political coverage
- Searchable since 2001
- Full text and index also available on Lexis-Nexis Academic (UMich Only)
- MLIVE
- Current day's coverage with a week or two of archiving
- Ann Arbor News, Bay City Times, Flint Journal, Grand Rapids Press, Jackson
Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Lansing Bureau, Muskegon Chronicle, Saginaw News
- Michigan Local
News (MEL)
- Most comprehensive list of current Michigan newspapers on the
web
- State Newspapers
(Politics 1)
- Lists local newspapers and media outlets not found above
POLITICAL PARTIES
Comprehensive
Individual Political Parties
Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
Denise Schoene, Documents Center, April 2004
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