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Communities prepare for first election with early voting blosinski@candgnews.com dvaglia@candgnews.com
Several communities throughout southeast Michigan are preparing to implement early voting, which allows in-person voting in elections up to nine days prior to Election Day.
Early voting was added into the Michigan Constitution last year after Proposition 2 was passed by voters in a statewide general election. “With the constitutional amendment, there’s a couple things that changed,” explained Troy Clerk Aileen Dickson. “Early voting is you can walk in during the designated hours to the facility that your municipality is assigned to. Oak-
land County also has a regional facility near the county building. You get a ballot when you walk in, similar to how you would get a ballot when voting normally. You fill it out and you put it in a tabulator. The difference is that tabulator isn’t going to be totaled until election night, when the polls close. Until then, that tabulator just sits there and holds the results in it
LOOK FOR OUR VOTER GUIDE 6A until the end of Election Day.” Oakland County is allowing See ELECTION on page 4A
Stage Nature Center to host 13th annual Nature Uncorked fundraiser BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI blosinski@candgnews.com
The Lloyd Stage Nature Center is popping the bubbly for its 13th annual Nature Uncorked fundraiser. Nature Uncorked is an annual wine and beer tasting hosted at the Troy Community Center to raise money for the nature center and its various programs. It will be held 5-9 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Troy Community Center. “There is a link to register and purchase tickets,” said Nature Center Executive Director Carla Reeb. The early bird pricing expires Nov. 3 and is $45 per person or $60 for VIP tickets. After that they go up $10 per ticket. The VIP tickets allow for early entry into the event at 5 p.m. Between 5 and 6 p.m., there is a pre-glow reception. They get a free cocktail and premium appetizers from Fogo de Chao See UNCORKED on page 19A Photo provided by Carla Reeb
Attendees of the Nature Uncorked fundraiser will have numerous opportunities to try some great wines and perhaps take some home as well.
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