MEET CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL, FEDERAL RACES 22A
0376-2441
OCTOBER 9, 2024 • Vol. 44, No. 21
AG charges 3 clerks, 4 residents in double voting case
Get ready for some family-friendly fun at the Downtown Skelebration. Skeletons are dressed to the nines for the celebration and are placed outside businesses in the downtown. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY ALYSSA OCHSS aochss@candgnews.com
SKELEBRATION OFFERS FAMILY FUN Halloween fun and giant skeletons will again greet eventgoers at the Downtown Skelebration in St. Clair Shores this year.
Amy O’Brien-Kravitz, sales manager at Roy O’Brien Ford, said the Skelebration is a family-friendly Halloween celebration. Activities for kids start at noon and run until 3 p.m. on Oct. 26. The downtown is located along Great-
er Mack Avenue from Nine Mile Road south to the Nine Mack Drive and Cavalier Drive intersection. “They shut the street down at noon and it stays closed until 10 p.m. because the See SKELEBRATION on page 10A
See CHARGES on page 13A
2.9% up to 72 Mo.* on 2025 Outback
2025 Subaru Outback
*Manufacturer Offer. No down payment required. Financing for well-qualified applicants only. Length of contract is limited. Subject to credit approval, vehicle insurance approval and vehicle availability model OUTBACK RDF, RDG, RDH, RDI, RDJ, RDL. From dealer stock by 10/31/2024
Woodward Ave. N. of 8 Mile • FERNDALE HodgesSubaru.com • 248.547.8800
0183-2441
BY ALYSSA OCHSS
aochss@candgnews.com
The office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has authorized felony charges against seven people after an investigation into alleged acts of double voting during the August 2024 primary election. Four St. Clair Shores residents will reportedly face charges for voting twice. Nessel’s office also authorized felony charges against three St. Clair Shores assistant city clerks “for allegedly illegally altering the State Qualified Voter File to designate the previously issued, voted, and returned absentee ballots of the four individuals as rejected, rather than received.” According to an Oct. 4 press release from the attorney general’s office, the office found probable cause to authorize charges after a review of police reports from St. Clair Shores, voting records and reports from the Michigan Department of State Enforcement Division. Michigan Department of Attorney General investigators also reportedly interviewed the election inspectors, the assistant city clerks now facing charges, the St. Clair Shores city clerk and Michigan’s director of elections. They also analyzed the Qualified Voter File.