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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello. As part of the statewide partnership with the Secretary of State, we are asking all libraries in areas where there will be an election on May 6 to
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">post the attached flyer</span>. To find out if there’s an election in your area, click
<a href="http://michigan.gov/documents/sos/Elections_by_County_444556_7.pdf?20140117094434">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, please consider including the following message in any public communication channels your library provides, such as public newsletters and website message boards. Thank you so much!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:49.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Election
<span style="color:#C00000">Alert </span></span></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:49.5pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Many Michigan communities to host elections May 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:49.5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:49.5pt;text-align:justify">Is there an election in your community on Tuesday, May 6? Visit
<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/vote">michigan.gov/vote</a> for more information on local elections, sample ballots, absentee voting, and much more.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Cathleen P. Simlar</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Communications Specialist, Executive Office</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Michigan Department of State</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Office: (517) 373-9080
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cell: (248) 761-7145</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Email:
<a href="mailto:Simlarc@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">Simlarc@michigan.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923C;text-transform:uppercase">Join My Professional network on
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:#4A442A"><a href="blocked::http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cathleen-simlar/18/798/235" title="blocked::http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cathleen-simlar/18/798/235"><span style="color:#4A442A">LinkedIn</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:#4A442A"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/sos"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="67" height="67" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF6091.7C685350" alt="Description: Description: Description: SOS logo small"></span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">STAY CONNECTED:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/MichiganSoS"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="25" height="25" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image002.gif@01CF6091.7C685350" alt="Description: Description: Description: Facebook logo"></span></a>
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