Detroit Elections: Voters Pick Council Reps, Police Commissioners

DETROIT, MI – Voters across the city will pick not only who will be the city's mayor, but also who will represent them in city council chambers, who their district police commissioners will be, who will be city clerk, and a pair a medical marijuana ballot initiatives.

Here is a summary of the what the ballot will look like.

City Council, at-large – Top two voter-getters win seats
Janee' L. Ayers – Incumbent
Brenda Jones – Incumbent
Beverly Kindle-Walker
Mary Waters

City Clerk
Garlin D. Gilchrist II
Janice M. Winfrey – Incumbent

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District 1
City Council
Tamara Smith
James E. Tate – Incumbent

Police Commissioner
Darryl D. Brown

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District 2
City Council
Roy McCalister Jr.
Virgil Smith

Police Commissioner
Carron L. Pinkins
Conrad L. Mallett – Incumbent

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District 3
City Council
Russ Bellant
Scott Benson – Incumbent

Police Commissioner
Shirley Burch

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District 4

City Council
Latisha Johnson
Andre L. Spivey – Incumbent

Police Commissioner
Willie E. Bell – Incumbent
Scotty Boman

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District 5
City Council
Mary Sheffield – Incumbent
Jewel Ware

Police Commissioner
George Adams, Jr.
Willie E. Burton – Incumbent

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District 6
City Council
Tyrone Carter
Raquel Castaneda-Lopez – Incumbent

Police Commissioner
Lisa Carter – Incumbent

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District 7
Gabe Leland – Incumbent
Regina Ross

Police Commissioner
William M. Davis
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Issues:
Medical marijuana facilities ordinance – An amendment to the city code to provide for standards and procedures to license and regulate medical marijuana facilities through the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department and to impose conditions for operation and locational specifications for schools, public libraries, religious institutions, and other medical marihuana facilities.
Medical Marijuana Zoning Ordinance – The proposal would amend the Detroit Zoning code to establish land use standards and procedures for the regulation of medical marijuana facilities. The change would define and designate medical marijuana facilities, including growers, processors, provisioning centers, safety compliance facilities, and secure transporters, as permitted uses subject to site plan approval and use regulations in specified zoning districts, to require compliance with zoning district standards, and to authorize fees to the City.

To see a sample ballot or find your polling place, visit Michigan's Voter Information web site.

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