Grand Rapids Public Museum Opens Archives to Highlight Voting History

October 25, 2024 | James Gemmell | WOOD Radio Local News

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons and Cooley Law School Associate Dean Tracey Brame were scheduled to speak Friday morning about Michigan’s election security.

They were invited by the Grand Rapids Public Museum to view historic election items from collections at the Museum’s Community Archives & Research Center. That is at 223 Washington St. SE, near Jefferson Avenue. Afterward, museum president and CEO Dale Robertson was scheduled to join them for a public presentation at 10:30.

According to a news release from GRPM: “GRPM President and CEO Dale Roberston will introduce a variety of historic voting machines, equipment, and ballots from the Museum’s Collections. Attendees will see how paper ballots have been a part of Grand Rapids and Kent County’s voting history. The event highlights a common theme between all voting machines at the CARC and those used today— they all use paper ballots to ensure every vote is accounted for. …