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PAINTING LIKE MONET
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