Trump’s executive order on elections is partly blocked The president had asserted authority to regulate voting that the Constitution grants explicitly to Congress and the states. Said the court: “Executive regulatory authority over federal elections does ...

www.votebeat.org/2025/04/24/t...

I’m so glad Jack was around to handle this issue on the Florida Turnpike

Wisconsin squeaks past Minnesota for the top spot in voter turnout The Minnesota Secretary of State confirms Wisconsin narrowly surpassed Minnesota with voter turnout in the 2024 election.

By the narrowest of margins, Wisconsinites claim the title for the highest voter turnout in 2024.

Michigan, Maine, and New Hampshire round out the top 5.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

It’s a great place with a Holi celebration at the Village Arts Factory in Cherry Hill Village. I love living in Canton.

“They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A packed house in Mount Pleasant at the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks Education Day with almost 250 clerks hearing from The Elections Group about professional communication.

America isn’t a place, it’s an idea. This land is your land, this land is my land. #HandsOff

I’m proud to be one of the 49 elected officials who have called on Secretary Kristi Noem to release #MahmoudKhalil from the unconstitutional detention, violating the first amendment.

I can think of nothing more poetic than Senator Cory Booker breaking the record for longest Senate speech of segregationist Strom Thurmond, filibustering to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

This land is our land.

Am I allergic to cats? Yes.
Did I take my kids to a cat cafe anyway? Yes.

It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.

5,114 days sober. It’s also my dad’s birthday.

“A journey of a thousand miles beings with a single step”

Life is good today and it’s not my fault.

WWII vet Medgar Evers erased from Arlington cemetery website The U.S. Army purged a section of the Arlington National Cemetry website that honored Medgar Evers.

A page on Medgar Evers has been removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website.

mississippitoday.org/2025/03/17/w...

Women’s History Month

Happy Holi to all who celebrate from the Canton Clerk's Office!

My office partnered with the Supervisor’s Office to host the second annual Canton Women’s History Month luncheon!

Today is a great day to stop by and check out a sled from the Free Sled Library at the Summit on the Park in Canton!

Join us this Tuesday at the Canton Township Hall as the Board of Trustees and Planning Commission have a joint study session to discuss Urban Forestry and the Town Square at Cherry Hill Village project.

Just found out the City of Harrisville in Alcona County has partisan city elections.

Research showed that only 3 cities in Michigan did. This makes 4!

Unable to make it to last night's Township Board meeting in person or on Zoom? Don't worry, here is a summary from the desk of the Clerk.

In the world of stupid consequences of the 2024 election, my office has been notified by the U.S. Department of State to destroy all passport forms that reference the “X marker” for gender.

This isn’t true and also makes no sense

I signed on to an Amicus Brief with the Public Rights Project challenging this unconstitutional executive order on behalf of my community and public office. I’m proud we helped secure this restraining order!

A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.

The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.

I celebrated Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution by reading Frank Murphy’s dissenting opinion which is one of the most beautiful pieces of legal writing of all time.

www.uscourts.gov/about-federa...

Thank you!

Thank you!

Today marks 21 years since I’ve taken a drink and I’m so grateful I get to say that, because it’s something I didn’t think would ever be possible

Happy Birthday Michigan. Michigan became the 26th state in the United States on January 26, 1837.

Did you know that the office of Canton Township Clerk is older than the State. It was authorized by the Territorial Laws and we elected our first clerk (Thomas Hooker) in 1834.