This is about the Michigan government. State or Local political
office. School board elections, city council elections, mayoral elections, state
legislative elections, and state-wide elections for Michigan government positions
MUST BE FROM THE CURRENT ELECTION. THIS MUST BE WRITTEN IN PARTS AS SEEN BELOW.
Part IA: The Candidates (2-3 pages)
Name your candidate and the office he or she is running for. Who are/were the
other major candidates? Very, very briefly describe the major candidates. (If there
were many candidates, discuss only two or three major candidates) What were the
one or two (three at most) major issues? How did your candidate get nominated or
included on the ballot? For example, some offices require that candidates get
citizens signatures to run, others allow people to pay a fee, for others the
candidates are nominated at a party convention, sometimes theres a primary
election, sometimes there isnt. Look in the Michigan Manual, your city charter,
newspaper articles, ask at your local library for local candidates, also check the
county or city clerks office for specific informationand cite those sources in your
reference list
Part 1B: The Office (2-3 pages) Describe the office the candidate is seeking. Be
sure to include the following:
1) its powers, (What can the person in this office do?)
2) its benefits, (for example salary, health insurance, legal protection)
3) its limits, (What is the person in this office prohibited from doingconflicts of
interest, etc.), and
5) some history of the office (has it been held by the same candidate/party forever
did the position always exist)? For example: when was the city founded, and has
the mayor always been elected in partisan elections?
6) Also, describe how candidates are elected to this office (partisan or nonpartisan
elections, the top vote getters out of a long list, two major candidates facing off
against each other . . .?
