ELECTION2000 .ampus supports vice president The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 8, 2000 -7 y Yael Kohen )aily Staff Reporter A majority of voters in Ann Arbor supported Gore nd helped the vice president win Michigan's 18 clec- oral votes. Early returns indicated 34 percent of Washtenaw >unty voters headed to the polls yesterday, with many ents on campus standing in long lines for the hance to cast their ballot. Sixty percent of those votes went to the Democratic residential candidate. First-year Law student Shauna Fulbright said she 'oted a straight Democratic ticket. "The party seems to do more for me and deals with pore of the issues I believe in," she said, adding that er political views have been shaped by her parents. My parents are strong in their political views" A native of Illinois, Fulbright didn't vote in all the es. "I don't want to affect people's lives too much t have been going to school here for five years. ... I don't want to increase people's taxes." First-year Law student Roxanne Wilson was excited to vote for the first time - she even took pictures of the whole process as she voted at the Michigan Union. Wilson, who did not disclose who she voted for, said making her decision was difficult. In fact, she settled on a presidential decision 10 minutes before she went into the voting booth. "It was kind of hard to make a decision when you know you're deciding the fate of the country for four years," she said. The candidates' policies on the economy, Wilson said, was one issue that was key in making her deci- sion. But she said on other issues, Bush and Gore were "regurgitating" the same messages. Engineering senior Muhamed Halilovic, a native of Bosnia-Herzegovina, just received his citizenship and voted for Bush and Sen. Spence Abraham. "Coming from Bosnia I didn't have as much free- dom for voting," Halilovic said, adding that he believes "everybody has a duty to vote if you want to partici- pate in a society" Halilovic said he considered voting for Gore but the vice president didn't seem so "appealing." Engineering freshman Michelle Farrell said voting is very important to her. "I wouldn't have not voted," said Farrell, who cast a Democratic ballot. "I just think a lot of of their issues are what I agree with and what I stand for," she said, adding that the presidential debates helped her make her decision, though she admits she leans Democratic anyway. LSA sophomore Amit Dharmani waited 20 minutes in line to vote. Dharmani, who voted Democratic, said he didn't vote in 1999, but "wanted to vote this time" Although Dharmani said he left many parts of the ballot blank because he didn't know about many of the candidates, he said he did like the vice president. "I like (Gore's) ideas I feel like he is more of a nor- mal person," Dharmani said. Dharmani said he views himself as an independent voter. "I'm whatever I like better. I'm not a Democrat or Republican," he said. "Everybody has time. It took me 20 minutes here, 10 minutes to do research." NORMAN NG/ Daily Election Inspector Rachel Smart (left) prepares GSA senior Kate Sablosky to vote in the Michigan Union yesterday. Voters defeat school vouchers proposal DETROIT (AP) - A ballot proposal requiring poorly performing school districts to offer vouchers for students to use at private and parochial schools was defeated over- whelmingly yesterday after one of the most expensive political campaigns in state history. Exit polling showed the measure failed despite millions of dollars' worth of cam- paign ads and the support of a coalition of AP PHOTO lichigan state Sen. Dianne Byrum, right, Democratic 8th Aistrict congressional candidate, speaks to local media at IAW Local 652 Union Hall yesterday. " t Dioy nistrict race DETROIT (AP) - State Sens. Dianne Byrum and Mike Zogers battled to win the election yesterday in mid-Michi- an's 8th congressional district, a seat that both parties have ocused on in trying to control the U.S. House. Byrum declared victory early today based on what her campaign said were better- U.S. House than-expected margins of victo- 8th District ry in traditionally Democratic Byrum Dem. 108,152 Ingham County. Byers GOP 108,002 "We were talking about what As of :P n, was important to the families Catholic churches and blacks con- cerned about the education their children are getting in inner-city schools. The exit poll - based on inter--- views with voters as they left Proposal 1: School vouchers No 1,588883 Yes 736,577 Proposal 2: Local control No 1,290,602 Yes 600868 As of 2 acm Corp.) President Dick DeVos and his wife Betsy, former head of the state Republican Party. Voucher opponents included GOP Gov. John Engler, Republican U.S. Sen. Spence Abraham and a coalition of teachers unions, school administrators and Democrats including former Gov. James Blanchard. The proposal would have required school districts whose four-year graduation rate was lower than two-thirds in 1998-99 to give students attending them a chance to move to private or parochial schools with vouchers worth S3,300 - half the per-pupil grant to public schools. Ads paid for by voucher supporters did not resonate with voters, said Laura Wotru- ba, spokeswoman for the group opposing vouchers, ALL Kids First! "Their ads did not focus on the very heart of their proposal," she said. "They tried to make it into a teacher testing proposal, and it wasn't about that. It was about school vouchers." Wotruba said she hopes the issue is fin- ished in the state. "People realize that this is not for kids in Michigan. It takes money away from our local public schools. It's another loud and clear message to people who back school vouchers that people do not want that." precincts - was conducted by Voter News Service, a partnership of The Associated Press and the ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC television networks. Proposal 00-1 supporters told voters the measure would save poor children in failing school districts, while opponents said it would harm public education throughout the state. Supporters included conservative Repub- licans led by Alticor Inc. (formerly Amway Greg McNeilly, spokesman for Kids First! Yes! - the group backing the propos- al -- said the voucher issue would not go away, and hoped its proponents would work in the future to line up bipartisan support. "We think in the future we will have stronger party leadership from both sides of the aisle,"he told Detroit radio station WW.I. Proposal 2 fails Michigan voters appeared overwhelming- ly against a proposal that would make it harder for the state to restrict local govern- ment authority. With 29 percent of precincts reporting, 69 percent oppose the proposal and 31 percent are for it. Under Proposal 00-2, the Legislature would need a tvo-thirds vote, not the usual simple majority, to pass any bill that would restrict or eliminate local government authority. "People realize that this is not for kids in Michigan. It takes money away from our local public schools." - Laura Wotruba Spokeswoman for ALL Kids First! It would apply to laws enacted on or after March 1, 2000, including a ban on local res- idency requirements and a requirement that trigger locks be sold with handguns. Those laws would have to be passed again, this time by a two-thirds majoity in the House and Senate. "Voters clearly understood this proposal, and they rejected the Michigan Municipal League's plan for uncontrolled local govern- ment," said Rich Studley, vice president of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and a proposal opponent. "A lot of issues should be decided on the local level, but there are a lot more state and regional issues that can and should be decided in Lansing." Donald Stypula, spokesman for the Let Local Votes Count campaign and the Municipal League, said he was disappointed with the vote but satisfied that the issue of local control has been brought to light. Republicans on track to keep state House majority . .W of this district and what I was Wing to do as their representative, their voice, that made he difference in this race,' she said from her victory party ri Lansing. Republican Gov. John Engler dismissed Byrum's claim ind predicted that Rogers, a former FBI agent from Howell end the second-ranking Republican in the state Senate, would win. "It's amazing," Engler said. "I know everybody's operat- on the basis of these exit polls. I'm reacting to what I'm Bing told is the actual vote at the precinct level." As of 3:30 a.m., Byrum, a hardware store owner and noderate Democrat from rural Onondaga, had a 150-vote lead, 108,152 to 108,002. That amounted to 49 percent for each. DETROIT (AP) - Though many votes remained to be counted early today, Democ- ratic and Republican House leaders said it appeared that Republicans have won their first back-to-back majorities in the House since the 1960s. HIouse Speaker Chuck Perricone (R-Kala- mazoo Township) said the Republicans were able to retake the House in consecutive sessions for the first time since 1960 and 1962 by focusing on constituents. "We focused on getting out to voters in an off-year and that means knocking on doors from the day you are elected," Perricone said from a Republican party at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce in Lansing. He also attributed the Republicans' stay- ing power to getting bills signed into law, rather than merely moving them to the state Senate for consideration. Going into yesterday's elections, Republi- cans held a 58-52 edge in the House, the governor's office and majorities in the Sen- ate and the state Supreme Court. Democrats needed to win four more seats to regain the House majority and get a say in how congressional and legislative district lines are drawn next year after the 2000 cen- sus is counted. Redistricting could decide which party holds the most power for the next decade. Minority Leader Michael Hanley (D-Sag- inaw) said he is certain the Republicans will redraw district lines next year to favor their party. Hanley attributed his party's failure to retake the House to a presidential race that did not provide any coattails for state offices and losing the House majority in 1998. "Well, this all started in 1998," Hanley said. "We didn't have the advantage of incumbency. There's not much more to say.", Perricone and Hanley could not run again because of term limits. Dozens of House incumbents held off challengers yesterday, including Republican Rep. Lauren Hager of Port Huron, who beat his Democratic attorney Dave Oppliger, to represent the 81st District for a second two- year term. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Hager received 13,451 votes, or 56 percent. Oppliger received 10,696, or 44 percent. The Port Huron seat had been targeted by Democrats and featured a number of nega- tive campaign ads, including one newspaper ad that poked fun at the incumbent's envi- ronmental record, calling him "Hager the Horrible." Other incumbents also faced a tough re- election. Muskegon Republican Rep. Gerald Van Woerkom was leading his opponent, Democrat Steve Habetler, with 86 percent of precincts reporting in the 63rd District. Van Woerkom had 17,522, or 54 percent of the vote, and Habetler had 14,914, 46 percent. 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