Detroit voters say they weren't notified of polling place change

Marc Daalder | Detroit Free Press

Three Detroit voters said Tuesday their polling place was moved and they were not notified of the change.

Two had previously voted at Edmonson Academy, and the other at Cass Corridor Commons. All three were reassigned to vote at Cass Tech High School.

Voters living in precincts 153 and 146 voted at Edmonson in 2016, according to state records, but are now meant to vote at Cass Tech.

Daryl Adams, a Detroit lawyer, lives in the 153rd precinct. When he arrived at Edmonson, he was told "153 has been moved to Cass Tech. That was the first notice I ever got."

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Adams expressed concern that some voters won't have the time or ability to travel to a new polling station and will opt instead not to vote.

"That would be disastrous," he said.

Michael Stepniak, 37, said he used to vote at Cass Corridor Commons but was reassigned this year to Cass Tech without being notified. He lives in the 151st precinct.

"It's possible I missed a notification," he said when contacted via Twitter, "but there are two of us who live here and none of the neighbors mentioned it, so that means any effort to notify was pretty low key."

He later said that poll workers at Cass Tech told him they had heard the same from numerous voters who had been reassigned. He also said a friend who used to vote at Cass Corridor Commons had been reassigned to the Detroit School of Arts without being notified. The friend likely lives in the 150th precinct, according to state records.

The city clerk's office, which determines polling locations, was not immediately available for comment.