It has come to our attention that right-wing elements in state government are hard at work to make sure the petition to repeal the emergency manager dictator law never makes it to [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/the-fix-is-in-to-stop-the-repeal-of-the-emergency-manager-dictator-law-before-the-court-of-appeals-hearing-tomorrow/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/em-repeal-effort-seeks-day-in-court/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/em-repeal-effort-seeks-day-in-court/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 21:44:26 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2270 The Stand Up for Democracy coalition filed a writ of mandamus today with the Michigan State Court of Appeals, seeking to force the Secretary of State to place the repeal of the emergency manager law on the November ballot.

Last [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/em-repeal-effort-seeks-day-in-court/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/citizens-demand-justice-in-voter-effort-to-repeal-em-dictator-law-and-to-protect-the-right-to-vote/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/citizens-demand-justice-in-voter-effort-to-repeal-em-dictator-law-and-to-protect-the-right-to-vote/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:32:28 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2266 Who: Organizers of the repeal of the emergency manager law, Detroit Branch NAACP, Michigan Forward, supporters, organized labor and other progressive groups

What: Press conference announcing developments in the petition drive to repeal the emergency manager law

When: 4 P.M. TODAY

Where: 600 West Lafayette in [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/05/citizens-demand-justice-in-voter-effort-to-repeal-em-dictator-law-and-to-protect-the-right-to-vote/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/travesty/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/travesty/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:22:55 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2261 Brit Satchwell, Ann Arbor Educators Association, President

Michigan Board Of Canvassers,

I reel quite often these days when reading in the press about the gradual yet steady erosion of democratic rights and principles on so many issues.  It is [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/travesty/feed/ 1 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/citizens-across-state-outraged-at-partisan-attack-on-democracy-as-em-repeal-heads-to-court/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/citizens-across-state-outraged-at-partisan-attack-on-democracy-as-em-repeal-heads-to-court/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:02:53 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2258 Citizens from around the state of Michigan continue to express outrage in the wake of a decision by republican appointees at the State Board of Canvassers meeting rejecting expert testimony, physical evidence and scientific evaluation showing a petition to repeal [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/citizens-across-state-outraged-at-partisan-attack-on-democracy-as-em-repeal-heads-to-court/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/board-of-canvassers-vote-doesnt-end-movement-to-repeal-public-act-4/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/board-of-canvassers-vote-doesnt-end-movement-to-repeal-public-act-4/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:49:20 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2255 The stripping of democracy from Michigan’s voters continues with the 2-2 vote by the Board of Canvassers on Thursday, April 26, 2012. This vote did not invalidate the over 200,000 signatures collected by thousands of volunteers over a course of [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/board-of-canvassers-vote-doesnt-end-movement-to-repeal-public-act-4/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/state-elections-officials-report-203238-valid-voter-signatures-as-suspension-of-emergency-manager-dictator-law-appears-imminent/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/state-elections-officials-report-203238-valid-voter-signatures-as-suspension-of-emergency-manager-dictator-law-appears-imminent/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:50:13 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2252 Citizens in the Stand Up for Democracy Coalition are announcing they have received notice from the Secretary of the Board of State Canvassers reporting the group has collected 203,238 valid voter signatures needed to place the repeal of Public Act [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/state-elections-officials-report-203238-valid-voter-signatures-as-suspension-of-emergency-manager-dictator-law-appears-imminent/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/eclectablog-more-on-emergency-manager-law-repeal-effort-being-derailed-by-petition-font-size/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/eclectablog-more-on-emergency-manager-law-repeal-effort-being-derailed-by-petition-font-size/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:36:35 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2249 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/eclectablog-more-on-emergency-manager-law-repeal-effort-being-derailed-by-petition-font-size/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/challenges-to-repeal-petition-lack-merit-purpose/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/challenges-to-repeal-petition-lack-merit-purpose/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:31:48 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2245 Michigan Forward and Stand Up for Democracy learned via media reports that a group Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility plans to challenge the type size used on the petitions.  We have not received official word from the Bureau of Elections about [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/challenges-to-repeal-petition-lack-merit-purpose/feed/ 0 http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/michigan-must-bring-reinvestment-and-recovery-not-dictatorship/ http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/michigan-must-bring-reinvestment-and-recovery-not-dictatorship/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:04:38 +0000 Michigan Forward http://michiganforward.org/?p=2241 Michigan Forward Chairman, Brandon Jessup presented March 19th at the University of Michigan, Gerald R. School of Public Policy on Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law. The panel discussion examined the law’s impact on citizens, public employees, local governments, and communities in [...]]]> http://michiganforward.org/index.php/2012/04/michigan-must-bring-reinvestment-and-recovery-not-dictatorship/feed/ 0