2022 Voter Guide
A NON PARTISAN VOTER GUIDE: CANDIDATE NAMES + WEBSITES + BALLOT PROPOSALS
Voting is the most important privilege for those living in a democracy and it's easier to do than ever before Vote in person at the Clerk's office or at your precinct on Election Day or request/mail in an absentee ballot.
Vote.Run.Serve Livonia's Voter Guide shows you who is running for each office and provides you with links to their websites for easy candidate/proposal research
Thursday, September 29th
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH
2022 Mid-Term Elections
If you have questions about voting, contact the Livonia City Clerk's office in person (located on the ground floor of City Hall), by phone 734.466.2235 or visit the website here.
Monday, October 24th
Last day to register to vote by mail After this date until November 8th you can register in person at the clerk's office
Deadline for mailed absentee ballot applications
Friday, November 4
ELECTION DAY! Vote at your precinct or deliver absentee ballot to Clerk's office before 8pm.
Election Deadlines
Absentee ballots available
Tuseday, November 8th
MICHIGAN'S GOVERNOR SERVES A 4 YEAR TERM EACH CANDIDATES' LT GOVERNOR IS SELECTED BY DELEGATES AT PARTY CONVENTIONS AND THEY ARE VOTED FOR AS A TEAM
Tudor Dixon (R)
Gretchen Whitmer (D)
Website: gretchenwhitmer com Facebook: facebook com/GretchenWhitmer
Website: www tudordixon com Facebook: facebook com/DixonForGovernor Shane Hernandez (R)
Garlin Gilchrist (D)
Website: Facebook: facebook com/garlingilchristMI
Website: Facebook: facebook com/ShaneHernandez Mich
Governor + Lt. Governor
Website: www.depernoformi.com
Website: dananessel.com
MICHIGAN'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SERVES A 4 YEAR TERM. THE CANDIDATE IS SELECTED BY DELEGATES AT PARTY CONVENTIONS.
Facebook: facebook.com/DanaNesselAG
Dana Nessel (D)
Attorney General
Matthew DePerno (R)
Facebook: facebook.com/depernoformichigan
Facebook: facebook.com/KristinaforSOS
Secretary of State
Facebook: facebook.com/sosjocelynbenson
MICHIGAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE SERVES A 4 YEAR TERM. THE CANDIDATE IS SELECTED BY DELEGATES AT PARTY CONVENTIONS.
Jocelyn Benson (D)
Kristina Karamo (R)
Website: kristinakaramo.com
Website: votebenson.com
Kyra Bolden (D) Website: boldenforjustice.com Facebook: facebook.com/boldenforjustice
Michigan Supreme Court
MICHIGAN'S SUPREME COURT JUSTICES SERVE 8 YEAR TERMS THERE ARE 2 VACANCIES ON THE COURT JUDGESHIPS ARE NON PARTISAN BUT BOTH PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES NOTE: ALTHOUGH CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY PARTIES, YOU CAN NOT STRAIGHT TICKET VOTE FOR NON PARTISAN PORTIONS OF THE BALLOT; THEREFORE YOU MUST SPECIFICALLY VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 2 CANDIDATES ON YOUR BALLOT
Richard Bernstein (D) Website: theblindjustice.com Facebook: facebook.com/reelectbernsteinforjustice
Kerry Lee Morgan (Libertarian)
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Paul Hudson (R) Website: hudsonforjustice com Facebook: facebook com/hudsonforjustice
Brian Zahra (R) Website: zahra4justice.com Facebook: facebook.com/JusticeBrianZahra
Website: stevenelliottforcongress.com
Website: rashidaforcongress.com
Facebook: facebook.com/StevenElliottMI
Congressional District 12
Facebook: facebook.com/RashidaForCongress
Rashida Tlaib (D)
LIVONIA IS REPRESENTED BY ONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTED CANDIDATES SERVE 2 YEAR TERMS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Steven Elliott (R)
Facebook: facebook.com/DaynaForSenate
LIVONIA HAS 2 STATE SENATE DISTRICTS. THE 6TH DISTRICT'S LIVONIA BOARDERS ARE JOY ROAD AND ECKLES, HUBBARD/MERRIMAN AND THE NORTH BORDER MOVES FROM 96 TO 6 MILE RD. STATE SENATE TERMS ARE 4 YEARS.
Facebook: facebook.com/EmilyforMichigan
State Senate District 5
Website: emilybauman.com
Website: daynaforsenate.com
Dayna Polehanki (D)
Emily Bauman (R)
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Mary Cavanagh (D)
Website: maryformichigan.com
Facebook: facebook.com/maryformich
Website: kencrider.com Facebook: facebook.com/KenCriderforSenate
LIVONIA HAS 2 STATE SENATE DISTRICTS. THE 6TH DISTRICT BORDER IS 8 MILE FROM HAGGERTY TO INKSTSER AND A SOUTHERN BORDER THAT MOVES FROM 6 MILE TO JOY RD. STATE SENATE TERMS ARE 4 YEARS.
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State Senate District 6
Ken Crider (R)
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Stephanie Young (D)
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Keith Jones (R)
State House District 16
Website: Facebook: facebook.com/RepStephanieYoung
LIVONIA HAS 3 STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS. THE 16TH DISTRICT'S LIVONIA BORDER IS 5 MILE, INKSTER, JOY RD, AND A WESTERN BORDER THAT MOVES FROM MERRIMAN TO FARMINGTON. STATE HOUSE TERMS ARE 2 YEARS.
Facebook: facebook.com/pennycriderMI19
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Facebook: facebook.com/lauriepohutskyhd19
Website: pennycrider.com
Penny Crider (R)
LIVONIA HAS 3 STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS. THE 17TH DISTRICT'S LIVONIA BORDER IS 8 MILE, INKSTSER AND 5 MILE WITH A WESTERN BORDER THAT MOVES FROM GILL TO NEWBURGH RD. STATE HOUSE TERMS ARE 2 YEARS.
Website: lauriepohutskyformichigan.com
State House District 17
Laurie Pohutsky (D)
State House District 22
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Cathryn Neracher (R)
Facebook: facebook.com/mkoleszar1
Website: votecathryn.com Facebook: facebook.com/VoteCathryn
LIVONIA HAS 3 STATE HOUSE DISTRICTS. THE 22ND DISTRICT'S LIVONIA BORDER IS 8 MILE, HAGGERTY, ANN ARBOR TRAIL WITH AN EASTERN BORDER THAT MOVES FROM MERRIMAN TO NEWBURGH RD. STATE HOUSE TERMS ARE 2 YEARS.
Matt Koleszar (D)
Website: mattformichigan.org
Wayne County Executive
THE WAYNE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SERVES A 4 YEAR TERM.
Mark Ashely Price (R)
Warren Evans (D) Website: warrencevans.com Facebook: facebook.com/wce4wce
Website: Facebook: facebook.com/markashleyprice Wayne County Sheriff THERE WAS NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WINNER RAPHAEL WASHINGTON WILL RUN UNOPPOSED
Glenn Anderson (D) Website: Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=511528132 William Collop (R) Website: Facebook: facebook com/profile php? id=100083056367014 Wayne County Commisson District 12 WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SERVE 2 YEAR TERMS District 9 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TERRY MARECKI RAN UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY Facebook: facebook.com/WCCMarecki
Reina Vendramini Website: Facebook: facebook com/Reina Vendramini for Livonia School Board 108674965299431
CANDIDATE WILL LIKELY TAKE THE THIRD SEAT IN NOVEMBER.
ONLY 2 CANDIDATES FILED TO RUN;
FOR 4 YEAR TERMS THIS IS A NON PARTISAN RACE
Pamela Morgan Website: Facebook: facebook.com/bestchoice
FOR 4 YEAR
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Livonia School Board
Emily Keith Website: emilykeith4lps Facebook:
LIVONIA SCHOOL BOARD HAS SEATS
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Colleen Burton Website: Facebook:
Mark Johnson Website: Facebook: Elizabeth Jarvis Website: Facebook:
Clarenceville School Board
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Jeffrey Ferguson
CLARENCEVILLE SCHOOL BOARD HAS OPEN SEATS TERMS. THEREFORE, IN
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BALLOT PROPOSALS
Recognize fundamental right to vote without harassing conduct
Provide voter right to single application to vote absentee in all elections
Require canvass boards certify election results based only on the official records of votes cast.
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
Find official petition language here
Require military or overseas ballots be counted if postmarked by election day
PROPOSAL 2
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
Require legislature implement but not limit or restrict reporting requirements.
Require members of legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, and attorney general file annual public financial disclosure reports after 2023, including assets, liabilities, income sources, future employment agreements, gifts, travel reimbursements, and positions held in organizations except religious, social, and political organizations.
Provide that only election officials may conduct post election audits
Require nine days of early in person voting
Require state funded absentee ballot drop boxes, and postage for absentee applications and ballots
PROPOSAL 1
Replace current term limits for state representatives and state senators with a 12 year total limit in any combination between house and senate, except a person elected to senate in 2022 may be elected the number of times allowed when that person became a candidate.
Provide voter right to verify identity with photo ID or signed statement
Allow donations to fund elections, which must be disclosed
Find official petition language here
A proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy and abortion; allow state to regulate abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established right.
Invalidate state laws conflicting with this amendment
Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility
Allow state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health
Find official petition language here
Forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment
BALLOT PROPOSALS cont.
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
PROPOSAL 3
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