Detroit, MI
Coast Guard, fire crews searching for person in Detroit River
(CBS DETROIT) – Fire crews and the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for a person in the Detroit River on Thursday morning.
The Detroit Fire Department confirmed that multiple agencies are searching for a reported person in the water. DFD’s fire boat is headed to the location to switch shifts and continue the search.
As of 9 a.m., the person had not been located.
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(CBS DETROIT) – Voting in person can be challenging for some voters who have difficulty finding transportation. Depending on where you are, there are some discounted and even free ways to get to the polls.
“It’s really about, you know, giving access to voters and removing barriers,” said Lolo Robison, the public information officer for the Capital Area Transit Authority (CATA).
A 2021 study conducted by Harvard University found that access to a car dramatically increases the likelihood of a voter casting a ballot. Data shows that people with cars are more than twice as likely to vote as those without access.
In Lansing, Robison says that’s particularly important.
“Some are coming from single car households, or no car households, and being able to provide them the transportation they need to get to the polls is very important to us and not just to the polls but to ballot drop boxes, to clerk’s offices to get registered for early voting– you name it,” she said.
Here’s a look at some of the organizations offering rides to the polls in Detroit:
In Lansing, CATA is offering free rides on election day and for each day of early voting.
“You just get on the bus and let them know you’re here to vote and the trip is free– there’s no requirement for identification or proof of registration. That’s not for us to determine. The trip is free,” Robison said.
More information on organizations offering rides to the polls is available online.
Men or women?
One of the genders may well decide the presidential election in Michigan, which likely will determine who occupies the White House next year.
That was one of the key takeaways from the final Detroit News-WDIV-TV (Channel 4) poll of the 2024 election cycle, conducted Oct. 22-24.
The statewide survey of 600 likely Michigan voters showed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leading Republican former President Donald Trump by 3 percentage points.
Harris’ bid to be the nation’s first female president is being largely driven by a historic gender gap, said pollster Richard Czuba, founder of the Lansing-based Glengariff Group, which conducted the survey.
It’s the final poll The News and WDIV have commissioned for this presidential election in Michigan.
And here is Glengariff Group’s Sept. 26-29 survey for The News and WDIV on where the race for president and U.S. Senate stood just before voters started receiving absentee ballots.
The Detroit News-WDIV statewide poll from January on the presidential election and other issues can be found here, while our late July poll results are here and a poll Glengariff Group conducted in late August can be found here.
Chad Livengood is the politics editor and a columnist at The Detroit News.
clivengood@detroitnews.com
@ChadLivengood
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