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Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 16, 2026
Help Michigan Voters Get the Facts! Join VAAC’s Tuesday Phone Banking
VAAC and Common Cause Michigan are hosting virtual phone banking every Tuesday from 3:00 to 5:00 PM! Help share accurate voting information with Michigan voters and fight election misinformation. No experience needed, and training and a script are provided. Sign up at vaac.me/PB2026.
ElectionsPhone Banking
Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 16, 2026
Michigan Voters: Important Registration and Absentee Ballot Deadlines Before November 3
Important Michigan voting deadlines are coming up! October 19 is the last day to register online or by mail, but you can still register in person through Election Day with proof of residency. Learn when to stop mailing absentee ballots, where to return them instead, and when statewide early voting begins.
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Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 16, 2026
How Does Absentee Voting Work in Michigan? Your Questions Answered
Who handles your absentee ballot? How do you check whether your clerk received it? And what if you decide to vote in person instead? Inspired by reporting from Hayley Harding at Votebeat, VAAC answers common questions about Michigan absentee voting, ballot security, and the November 3 election.
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Pasquines
PasquinesOct 15, 2026
The October 2026 Elections Territorial Poll
Pasquines is opening its 2026 Elections Territorial Poll to residents of Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands through October 28, 2026.
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Malawi24
Malawi24Oct 12, 2026
Chimwendo tells MCP rebels to leave
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda has challenged members who reject Lazarus Chakwera’s leadership to leave the party rather than fuel internal divisions.Chimwendo issued the warning as the party faces the task of rebuilding unity ahead of the 2030 elections.Speaking at a rally organised to welcome Dowa West legislator Aida Mchenga, who...
ElectionsLazarus Chakwera
Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 9, 2026
Can I Register and Vote in Michigan? What to Know Before the November 3 Election
Can you vote in Michigan if you do not have stable housing, are in jail awaiting trial, are receiving care in a psychiatric hospital, or are a student? In many cases, yes. Here is who can register and vote in Michigan, plus the key deadlines coming up before the November 3 General Election.
ElectionsJail Voting
Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 9, 2026
Before Election Day: See How Michigan Tests Its Voting Machines
Before every election, Michigan officials test voting equipment to make sure it counts ballots accurately. These public tests are an opportunity to see election safeguards firsthand. Learn what logic and accuracy testing is, why it matters, and how to find a test in your community.
ClerksElections
Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 9, 2026
Michigan Clerks’ Bill of Rights: Who Runs Our Elections and Protects the Voting Process?
Who runs Michigan’s elections, and what authority do local clerks have when they face voter challenges, misinformation, election interference, or improper requests for voting equipment and ballots? The new Michigan Clerks’ Bill of Rights explains 10 rights and responsibilities established in law and helps voters understand the role local clerks play in protecting access to the ballot and administering Michigan elections.
ClerksElections
Malawi24
Malawi24Oct 7, 2026
One year on, Malawians still favour Mutharika over Chakwera
...APM leads poll despite forex and fuel crises, Kabambe comes second One year after President Peter Mutharika returned to power, a fresh poll suggests that his political support remains remarkably resilient. This is despite the country being in the midst of economic difficulties that appear to have given hope to the immediate past government of...
Dalitso KabambeDPP
Malawi24
Malawi24Oct 4, 2026
Experts weigh Mutharika’s first year
Malawi’s lights are going off, taps are running dry and motorists are struggling to find fuel as President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s first year in power comes under scrutiny.The problems are putting the DPP government’s campaign promises to the test, with political experts divided over whether the administration has delivered enough since Malawians returned it to...
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)Elections
Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllOct 2, 2026
The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting Virtual Watch Party on October 3 To Prepare for National Discussion on Oct 4
Join the VAAC community in a special viewing to prepare for a national discussion of The Battle for Ranked Choice Voting. Join VAAC for a virtual watch party the evening of October 3, or watch the documentary for free on your own, then register separately for Community Documentary Night’s virtual discussion and guest Q&A on October 4.
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@fiberwoman15.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026
Support the Rights and Dignity of Trans People
Asking state level candidates in Iowa to go on record to support the rights and dignity of trans people
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Malawi24
Malawi24Sep 29, 2026
MEC flags fake fresh elections calendar
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has moved to stop confusion over the postponed fresh parliamentary elections after a fake calendar announcing a new polling date started circulating on social media.The Commission says it has not issued any revised electoral calendar for the Nsanje South and Mangochi East constituencies.According to the Malawi Electoral Commission, the document circulating...
ElectionsMangochi By-election
Little Green Footballs
Little Green FootballsSep 28, 2026
John Oliver: Brazil Elections 2026
John Oliver discusses Brazil’s upcoming presidential election, the baggage associated with the two leading candidates, and some insight into acting from John – a person who has acted. Twice.
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Voting Access For All
Voting Access For AllSep 17, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court Keeps New USPS Mail-Ballot Restrictions Blocked for 2026: What It Means for Michigan Voters
The U.S. Supreme Court has kept new USPS mail-ballot restrictions blocked for the November 3 election. For Michigan voters, nothing has changed about voting absentee. Here's what happened, what it means for your ballot, and how to request, return, and track an absentee ballot for the 2026 General Election.
ElectionsMail-in Voting
Techdirt
TechdirtSep 14, 2026
Trump Told Supporters To “Cheat Like Hell.” The NY Times Went With “A Bit Tired Of Politics.”
By now it's old hat to point out that the mainstream media bends over backwards to pretend that Donald Trump is a "normal" president. The number of times you could point to the coverage and question how the media would cover things if a Democratic president did anything even remotely similar is impossible to keep...
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Malawi24
Malawi24Sep 14, 2026
MCP opens door to alliances
The opposition Malawi Congress Party says door to political alliance open
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OrderlySep 14, 2026
Lords Advance Representation of the People Bill Amid Fraud and Reform Debates
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Malawi24
Malawi24Sep 13, 2026
MCP confesses: We ignored Malawians
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has admitted that it lost government after failing to listen to the concerns of Malawians.The party says its post-mortem report found that it had become disconnected from voters, contributing to its defeat in the 2025 presidential and parliamentary elections.The findings were presented and discussed during a recent meeting of the...
ElectionsJessie Kabwira
Malawi24
Malawi24Sep 9, 2026
The clock is ticking: APM must purge his cabinet and build on his economic victory over Chakwera
As the October deadline looms, marking one full year since his return to power, President Arthur Peter Mutharika stands at a critical crossroads where executive hesitation means political suicide. While the administration has successfully engineered a desperately needed economic turnaround—crushing the disastrous hyperinflation and severe fuel shortages that defined the Chakwera era—this hard-won financial victory...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 2, 2026
Whistleblower: USPS Defied A Court Injunction To Build An Untested, Undocumented Ballot-Blocking System. Its Own Staff Call The Process “A Shit Show.”
Even as Donald Trump regularly uses mail-in ballots himself, he has decided that mail-in ballots are a system by which voting fraud occurs. To be quite clear, this is bullshit. There is astoundingly little evidence of significant voter fraud, and that's equally true between in-person and voting-by-mail. And there's zero evidence that mail-in voter fraud...
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OrderlySep 2, 2026
Lords Intensify Armed Forces Bill Scrutiny; Budget Brought Forward
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OrderlySep 2, 2026
Commons Rewires State, Tightens Election Finance Rules
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Malawi24
Malawi24Aug 30, 2026
Paperwork Over Handcuffs: How Chembezi’s ACB is actively protecting Capital Hill looters
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has once again reduced the fight against corruption to a toothless, bureaucratic joke. By merely issuing a restriction order to stop the Ministry of Agriculture from selling off public assets, Acting Director General Gabriel Chembezi—a man already tainted by failed interviews—has chosen paperwork over handcuffs. Freezing the sale of motor vehicles...
ACB Director GeneralAnti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)