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On November 21, 2007 a divided Michigan Supreme Court reinstated Michigan's two-party Jan. 15 presidential primary, reversing two lower-court decisions and placing the state back in the center of at least the Republican nomination contest.


A month later, the Michigan primary is sizing up to be big draw with 57% of Michigan voters saying that they'll cast ballots.

Many of us have put the primary on the back burner as we hurried to get ready for the holidays. Now that Christmas is behind us - we need to start focusing as a community on the issues and voices of the candidates no matter which party we favor.


The tumult over primary-related lawsuits and legislation in November is unlikely to affect on turnout at the Michigan polls. But lots of Michigan democratic voters will be turned off if they realize they can't vote for their favorite candidate. Supporters of democrats: Joe Biden, John Edwards, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson are urged to vote “uncommitted” on the Michigan Ballot instead of writing in their candidates’ names because write-in votes for those candidates will not be counted.


Did you know that Michigan voters will be the third in the nation to step to the polls for the presidential primary election in 2008? An honor - but will all of our votes count?


The nine Republican nominees are Samuel Dale Brownback, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson. All nine remain on Michigan's Jan. 15 primary ballot.


The Michigan law changing the date, listed as a one-time deal, will move the Michigan presidential primary to the fourth Tuesday in February for future primary elections in presidential years.

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Do you agree with the date change? Let us know!

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