Detroit's finances currently are controlled by a state-appointed emergency manager, and by the time Duggan takes office in January, a federal judge may already have ruled the city bankrupt.
From ballot initiatives to mayor's races, these off-year elections will shed virtually no light on how the American public feels about today's two biggest national debates — spending and health care.
Early voting for the October 19th primary for the 5th Congressional district along with a whole host of municipal issues continues now through Saturday, October 12th at your local Registrar of Voter's Office.
Attorney General Eric Holder told a council of African American church leaders that their right to vote is under attack. He did that in a speech before the council, talking about how discrimination exists in these days and mentioned how the efforts to ask people to show a picture ID is a way to keep people out of the voting booth.
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