I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
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The mood at polling stations in Detroit today is a combination of excitement and optimism. While some voters who woke up early had to stand in long lines, as the day moves on the lines have shortened. There was a steady trickle of voters heading into the Greenfield Union Elementary School polling station on Seven Mile Road in Detroit at 1:30p.m.
Some voters and volunteers spoke with Michigan Messenger about how things were going on this much anticipated election day.
The sense of excitement is widespread among Detroit voters. In fact, 72-year-old Harry Jimerson marveled at the lines that formed earlier in the day and said he had never seen such a large voter turnout in Detroit.
Volunteers at the elementary school polling station said there had been no major problems all day and that most people seemed excited to be there.
Earlier in the morning the lines were longer, volunteers said. In fact at 7:00 a.m. there was a line wrapped around Greenfield Union Elementary. The polling station had line marshals to make sure things ran smoothly, as well as precinct monitors in marked T-shirts.
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