By N3 News
And another primary election is in the books. In Newaygo County the turnout was predictably low with 72% of registered voters sitting this one out. The result? Well, if you don’t mind your governmental leadership being decided by a small group of voters or perhaps you remain apathetic about who is sitting in those decision making seats there is no need to read on. However… Let’s say you belong to a condo co-op, or maybe a pickleball club. There are 100 voting members. Unfortunately only 28 are allowed to vote, thus a majority of 15 people get to make the decisions for the 100 members. Of course it feels frustrating because quite often the votes go drastically against what you want. Suddenly the condos begin to allow weekly fireworks and couches on porches while banning visits from grandkids Or maybe the pickleball group has decided to require 4.5s to partner with 3.0s or lower for all matches (It’s a p-ball thing) while also opting to restrict players over the age of 60 from all morning play. You’re not happy, right? We get it. But there’s nothing you can do because you agreed to allow 15 voters to dictate the rules. As was done in this recent election, you ceded the authority to them. By not voting. Home Township had the best turnout at 41% with 93 of their 225 voters finding their way to the polls. Big Prairie Township (18%) and the city of Newaygo (19.5%) were the lowest. Here are the unofficial results of contested races. Numbers are from the Republican side with the Democrats on the ballot running unopposed. You can find all the Newaygo County results at https://www.electionreporting.com/county/4f8490f1-1fd8-4a80-bf1d-2d18783f32fa County Commission District 1 Paul Mellema 816 Amber Wakefield 436 Burt Cooper 67 District 5 Ken DeLaat 503 Lavern Willett 460 Thomas Smith 181 District 6 Brenda Bird 788 John Clark 659 Unopposed D2 Brian Kolk D3 Chuck Trapp D4 Jim Maike D7 Mike Kruithof 101st District State Representative- Republican (Numbers on right side are Newaygo County votes) Joseph Fox 5011 3404 Kelly Smith 4840 2739 Diane Schindlbeck 4082 2365 Chad Pierce 1119 499 101st District State Representative-Democrat Amanda Siggins ran unopposed 33rd District State Senator Rick Outman (R) and Mark Bignell (D) ran unopposed Governor- Republican (Numbers on the right side are Newaygo County votes) Tudor Dixon 134,438 3083 Kevin Rinke 68,466 1436 Garrett Soldano 63,250 1563 Ryan Kelley 51,937 2654 Ralph Rebandt 13,641 352 Governor-Democrat Gretchen Whitmer ran unopposed US Representative-Republican (Numbers on the right are Newaygo County votes) John Moolenaar 77,391 5399 Thomas Norton 41,272 3397 US Representative- Democrat Jerry Hilliard ran unopposed
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gary c watkins
8/9/2022 07:01:20 am
Thanks for the recap. I don't vote in the primaries for a reason. You have to declare as a Democrat or a Republican. I am an independent voter. I vow no allegiance to any party but vote in November for the individual who I think i best qualified to fill a position.
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Alix May
8/9/2022 09:17:37 am
That’s not actually the case in Michigan, Gary. Some states require affiliation, and I’m guessing Michigan maybe used to since I hear this a lot, but Michigan primaries are open partisan with nonpartisan registration. Spouse is Independent and votes in the primaries. You do have to pick one side of the ballot, but that was easy this time with all the D candidates unopposed.
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gary c watkins
8/9/2022 08:20:30 pm
Alix you are indeed correct about not needing to declare, however the fact that you have to pick only one party on the ballot makes it non-independent to me. In November i can split my ballot if I so chose, and I usually do, to vote for any of the major party candidates or a 3rd party a s I have done in the past. Sometimes I wish they had a "None of the above" box. I guess they do though with a write in option. Anyway, happy voting!!
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Patty
9/21/2022 08:27:44 pm
Alix, does that mean since all the democrats ran unopposed that the voting democrats voted least likely to beat Whitmer?
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