Saturday, October 8, 2005

Reader Debate

Is judge right to fine Detroit's clerk on ballots?

Just sentence for Currie? A Wayne County Circuit Judge fined Detroit City Clerk Jackie Currie $250 for contempt of court and ordered an investigation of why Currie mailed thousands of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to Detroit residents in defiance of a court order. Did Currie get what she deserved? YES 50.05% NO 49.95%   Pets or people Legislators in Washington are considering a bill that would force states and local governments to come up with emergency evacuation plans for pets. What do you think? Comment on this story Send this story to a friend Get Home Delivery

Sending out unrequested absentee ballots invites fraud. Who is checking to see if the people who are supposed to get the ballots are really voting? Two hundred fifty dollars for disobeying a court order is ridiculous. If you fail to appear for a traffic ticket, you will end up paying a greater fine, not to mention insurance costs.

Mark Whelan

West Bloomfield

 

Violation of the law? No. However the absentee ballot application statutes in Michigan should be uniform and consistent for every city, township, citizen and clerk. Improve the system of voting and the absentee ballot application process with leaders who demonstrate sound principles and integrity.

L. M. Dorsey

Detroit

 

Detroit Clerk Jackie Currie should have received a much stiffer penalty; she's pulling out all stops to try to overcome the difference in the polls between the incumbent mayor and the challenger. If the people to whom she sent these unsolicited ballots are too lazy or unknowing to ask for a ballot, they deserve to not have an opportunity to vote.

Dave Collins

Detroit

 

The question makes the assumption that we Detroit voters believe Clerk Jackie Currie to be guilty; which is not the case. Maybe The News will call for all other city clerks to be fined, too; oops, won't happen. They're white.

Aziz Adisa Masai

Detroit

 

She should have gone to prison. If she were a Republican, the media would be screaming stolen election.

Michael E. Wilkin

Clinton Township

I don't know if the law allows mailing unsolicited absentee ballot applications. If it's forbidden by law, then apparently a lot of city clerks should be jailed. If the law does not forbid it, then the judge should be jailed for exceeding her authority.

Mike Hamilton

Westland

 

 

No, they should have thrown Jackie Currie out of office and into jail. She is trying to corrupt the election process to her own benefit and the benefit of her friends.

Jim Kress

Northville

 

Why is it wrong to send unsolicited absentee voter ballot applications to Detroit voters when clerks throughout the state are allowed to do the very same? I live in Auburn Hills and have received an application for every election since I became 60 years old.

Sam New

Auburn Hills

 

Jackie Currie displays utter contempt for the laws she was elected to comply with and enforce. She is an example why the city is in the condition it is.

F. Gibson

Sterling Heights