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At Republican Convention, Michigan 
delegation rallies to support Trump

Petition to halt sale of 
vacant lot rejected for 
insufficient signatures

Delegates pass 

during roll call to 
allow New York to 

crown Trump

By LYDIA MURRAY

Daily Staff Reporter

CLEVELAND — The Michi-

gan delegation presented a united 
front behind Republican presi-
dential nominee Donald Trump 
despite 
brief 
confusion 
dur-

ing roll call, in which Michigan 
abstained from the vote Tuesday 
at the Republican National Con-

vention. 

Trump won the Michigan state 

primary in March, garnering sig-
nificant support in rural areas 
of the state — such as the Upper 
Peninsula — while, in Washt-
enaw County, the majority of 
voters supported Ohio Gov. John 
Kasich, a candidate who has yet 
to endorse Trump.

According to delegate Tim 

Brown, Michigan passed during 
its roll call turn — based on a cal-
culated request by the New York 
delegation — so that Michigan 
could be the state to allow Trump 
to clinch the 1,237 delegates 
needed for the official nomina-
tion. New York ultimately passed 

as well and voted later for Donald 
Trump Jr. to announce the dele-
gates needed for his father to win 
on behalf of the state.

“They were doing the math, 

and they wanted New York to be 
the state to push him over the top 
to get the amount of delegates 
he needed,” Brown said. “We 
abstained, and, as it went on, they 
realized they still had enough. 
They were going to do that to a 
couple of other states too.”

Confusion over Michigan’s pass 

echoed across the floor as rumors 
spread on social media concern-
ing the state’s motivations. Many 
believed it was attempting to help 
New York, but others questioned 

the unity of the delegates.

Confusion persisted even on 

the floor itself as the same the-
ories circulated. Joseph Thor-
rez, guest of the delegation, told 
The Daily he believed the issue 
was a lack of consensus among 
delegates.

“They wanted to get all of 

the votes corrected,” he said. 
“Another ballot was cast to all 
the delegates, and they had a 
recount.”

Thorrez 
was 
later 
cor-

rected by John Taylor, delegate 
and chairman of the Washtenaw 
Republican Party, who confirmed 
the maneuver was an attempt to 
help New York.

Despite the confusion, the 

various members of the Michigan 
delegation reaffirmed the state’s 
support of the Republican nomi-
nee, as 51 of 59 ultimately voted 
for Trump.

Taylor said that, despite his 

commitment as a delegate to 
Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas), he will 
work to unify Washtenaw County 
around the Republican nominee.

“He was not my first choice,” 

he said. “But of course we will get 
behind our nominee.”

Brown said Michigan delegates 

all feel the need to unify around 
Trump as the nominee.

“The delegates of Michigan 

have come to realize we can’t play 
around anymore,” he said. “We 
have to be united. I think there 
were six for Cruz and two for 
Kasich, but at this point it doesn’t 
matter anymore.”

Michigan delegation confusion 

came in wake chaos that erupted 
Monday on the convention floor 
over a movement by members of 

Petitioners vow to 
continue fight to 

build downtown park

By ISHI MORI

Daily Staff Reporter

A petition demanding to halt 

the sale of a city-owned park-
ing lot to a private developer did 
not have enough certifiable sig-
natures to be placed on Novem-
ber’s general election ballot, the 
City Clerk’s Office ruled Friday.

The petition was filed June 

6 by the Ann Arbor Committee 
for the Community Commons, a 
citizen group that aims to build 
a civic center commons on the 

Fifth Avenue library parking lot. 
The parking lot, which is located 
in a coveted area of downtown, 
has been a matter of intense 
debate between residents who 
feel the downtown area needs 
more high-rise buildings to 
grow further and those who are 
satisfied with the existing state 
of low-rise shops.

According to City Clerk Jac-

queline Beaudry, the petition 
fell short of the required 4,616 
signatures — 5 percent of reg-
istered voters — required after 
accounting for circulator errors, 
duplicate or incomplete signa-
tures, and signatures from peo-
ple who are registered outside 
city limits. Approximately 5,700 

See TRUMP, Page 9

See PETITION, Page 9

