Why We Care About the Census
What makes the census so important? Well, the data collected by
the census next year will be used to determine a host of issues. In particular, the amount of federal funding available to the state of Michigan for services, such as educational grants, depends largely upon the results of the census. To learn more, click here.
News and Events
June 4th 2009 Webinar Available for Download!
Our webinar "Nonprofits and the 2010 Census," which took place on Thursday, June 4th, is now available for viewing and for download.
The webinar, which followed on the heels of our April 1st webinar on the role of nonprofits in the 2010 Census, features special guest Terri Ann Lowenthal, Member, President Obama’s Transition Team for the Census, Former Director, House Census Oversight Subcommittee and currently a legislative and policy consultant.
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New Fact Sheets from the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network
Census 101: The Basics
Seven Things Any Nonprofit Needs to Know about Census 2010
Census by the Numbers
Why Nonprofits: Key to a Complete Count
Election Results
For a roundup of links where you can find election results for West Michigan, click here.
For results of other elections in brief, click here and here.
The Michigan Census Office is hiring!
For more information, visit the Detroit region's official census employment page here.
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See election results in the State of Michigan for all statewide and state-level races. You can also view local election results sorted by county.
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Email Alerts
The Michigan Participation Project, in conjunction with the Michigan Nonprofit Association's Advocacy Action Network, sends out periodic email alerts on important issues pertaining to 501(c)(3)s and elections. If you're not a part of this email network, sign up today!
County OKs census resolution; jobs available
By Roland Stoy, The Daily Reporter
Coldwater, Mich. — The national census is coming in 2010, and Branch County commissioners unanimously Tuesday passed a resolution regarding the importance of it.
There are jobs available relating to the event, also.
"An accurate census count is vital to our community and residents' well-being by helping planners determine where to locate schools, day-care centers, roads and public transportation, hospitals and other facilities, and is used to make decisions concerning business growth and housing needs," stated the resolution.
Read the full article here.
Sampling ruled out in 2010 census
By Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON -- A University of Michigan professor who stirred controversy more than a decade ago with his support of statistical sampling to help correct U.S. census counting errors testified Friday he has no plans to use the method next year as director of the Census Bureau.
Robert Groves, a statistician who was an associate director at the bureau before taking over as director of U-M's Survey Research Institute, made the comments at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, saying an earlier Supreme Court decision effectively ended the debate over whether sampling could be used to set congressional apportionment.
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For Michigan's sake, be sure you're counted
Free Press Editorial, Detroit Free Press
Stand up. Be counted.
If Michigan seeks a new motto for 2010, that's it. It ought to be on billboards and featured in radio and print ads around the Great Lakes.
That's because in just 11 months, the decennial census kicks off, and Michigan has more at stake in the head count than just about any other state. It's one of just two states whose population has declined for the past two years, and its economy has been the most battered by the national recession.
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"Every vote counts:" Brenda Clack ekes out victory in Flint mayoral
primary; Dayne Walling collects 44.4 percent of the vote to lead field
in six-way race
By Joe Lawler, The Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — While Dayne Walling triumphantly entered his election party after running away from the field in Flint's six-way mayoral primary, a few miles away Brenda Clack held onto the slimmest of leads.
As the final results streamed in, Clack placed her right hand over her heart. People began shouting out numbers.
Clack looked around the room, confused for a moment about whether she was one of the two winners to face off in the August primary.
She won by 14 votes, according to unofficial results from the Genesee County Elections Commission.
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Polls see 'dismal' turnout
By Stephen Tait, Times Herald
Perhaps Fort Gratiot Clerk Rob Crawford said it best when he described voter turnout Tuesday as "dismal."
"It's lower than low," Crawford said at about 5 p.m. after only 18 people had voted at Precinct 3. The polls closed at 8 p.m.
School elections generally don't draw many voters, but Tuesday's races -- particularly the race between three candidates for two seats on the Port Huron school board -- drew the smallest crowd some poll workers could remember.
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