Jan BenDor for Township Clerk

Background:

I am a State-Accredited Election Administrator, Certified Election Inspector Trainer and Notary Public with 14 years' experience in government.
I have managed the Qualified Voter File, and conducted voter registration at senior centers and campuses, registering over 2,000 new voters.

Goals:

·Help residents stop mortgage foreclosure and preserve neighborhoods
·Insist that the County Sheriff guarantee qualified and stable policing for the money we pay
·Provide an open, informative, and responsive place for citizens to participate in their government
·Stand up to developers who threaten to break our Growth Management (Master) Plan
·Take an active role in protecting our farmland, water resources, and natural areas
·Protect the right to vote and expand voter registration opportunities
·Make our community a healthy, active place to live, with parks, walking and bicycling paths
·Plan for capital maintenance of roads, sewers, and township facilities

Issues:

Stop mortgage foreclosures
Protect farmland and natural areas
Ensure the right to vote and the right to have votes counted accurately

Grassroots Support:

Election rights and election integrity activists
www.MichiganElectionReformAlliance.org

DFA Values:

DAFA member since March, 2004
Elected to the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1991 for work to prevent violence against women.
I created an award-winning Clean Water Act program, and successfully applied for federal and state grants resulting in $3 million for community programs, parks, and infrastructure projects. In 1971, I organized the first rape crisis center in Michigan to help victims of crime; in 1978, the first township task force to protect farmland in Washtenaw County; I also helped to found the Superior Land Conservancy and continue to serve on its Board. In 1992, I led the countywide campaign to build SafeHouse to provide life-saving services for families, and last year, helped to form Citizens to Defend Our Township, to pass Proposal C to stop private sewers which would defeat the community's master plan to control development in sensitive natural areas.