An unpaid $90 fee for filing a statement of organization late in a 2022 bid for the Wayne County Commission resulted in former Rep. LaTanya Garrett's disqualification from the 8th House District.
Democrat LaTanya Garrett was disqualified from appearing on the Democratic primary ballot in the 8th House District, the Department of State website showed Friday.
The House Energy, Communications and Technology Committee heard testimony Wednesday on two bills that supporters said would help bring high-speed internet to rural and isolated communities through federal grant dollars.
Financial disclosures for non-incumbent candidates of the House were due for the first time on Wednesday with many candidates filing basic-level financial information as required under the law.
Former Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was among many candidates who saw their ballot access challenged in submissions due last week, the Department of State said.
The leaders of the House Democratic and Republican caucuses are among the many incumbents facing primaries in August, though the level of seriousness will vary widely.
The Detroit plaintiffs who won a lawsuit against the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission said in a recent court filing that the remedy map adopted late last month would continue to violate the U.S. Constitution because it prejudices Black voters and favors incumbents under a racially gerrymandered plan already struck down by the court.
Detroit-area House Democrats who would see significant changes in districts redrawn this week by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission said in interviews that the new lines were surprising and somewhat disappointing, but they were ready to roll in terms of outreach in communities they don't currently represent.
Members of the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on Wednesday voted to adopt a Detroit House district remedy map for court approval, and days ahead of the federal three-judge panel's March 1 deadline.
Three new map plans for the city of Detroit's House Districts drawn late last week by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission could pit two representatives against each other in the Hamtramck area, would rearrange district territory around Birmingham and Royal Oak and significantly carve up the 13th District, currently the focus of a special election.