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Ottawa County, Michigan mdash; Late summer on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is a slice of serenity, unless you re discussing elections. Then, forget the smooth sailing. We have been in this environment where there has just been much distrust sewn into the system, Ottawa County stanley cup Clerk Justin Roebuck told CBS News. Roebuck, a Republican who runs the county s elections, is no stranger to this skep stanley cup becher ticism. He said he talks to residents who do still have really serious concerns that the 2020 election was stolen. That distrust was on display during the Michigan primaries earlier this month. It s hard to trust sometimes. It s hard to trust, one skeptical voter water bottle stanley told CBS News. But Roebuck is trying to convince these people that the data doesn t lie. We conduct post-election audits where we have a 100% accuracy rate on the equipment itself, Roebuck said, adding that it s a 100% accuracy rate. It s not even 99. And we would tell you if it was 99. The distrust helped push Teresa DeGraaf, former clerk for Ottawa County s Port Sheldon Township, to retire. It s really hard to do a job where you know you are doing everything right and be attacked, DeGraaf told CBS News. hellip; And I just want to say that everyone that works in elections , those are your friends, your family, your neighbors. And do you really believe that all those folks would try to cheat you when you vote While voters overall say they re confident Ggyp Giuliani: Campaign Plan Was Stolen
AP The House voted Tuesday afternoon to spend $5.7 billion on a bill that will triple the number of participants in the AmeriCorps program and help nonprofits attract and manage new volunteers. The bill now goes to President Obama, a former community organizer who has been pressing stanley cup Americans to step up their engagement in national service. He is expected to sign it.As the Associated Press points out, the president s budget proposal calls for an increase of more than $210 million in funding for national service programs, for a total of $1.1 billion.The bill will increase the number of Am stanley canada eriCorps participants to 250,000 over eight years. Participants spend 10 months in the program, usually for a stipend of around $12,000, and are tasked with activities such as building homes. Under the new legislation, money given to participants for education will increase to $5,350. Opponents of the legislation, which passed 275-149, say it represents unnecessary and expensive government involvement in what should be volunteer work. The AP reports that AmeriCorps applications have increased as the economy has fallen, with 9,731 people applying to the program online last month. The legislation also creates five new corps in which Americans can participate, tied to the poor, education, energy e stanley termosy fficiency, health care and veterans. It is named for one if its primary backers, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.UPDATE: President Obama has released this stateme |
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