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Group in Michigan Urges Protest Vote Against Biden Over Israel-Gaza War [1]

['Reid J. Epstein']

Date: 2024-02-06  

A group of Democrats in Michigan is urging voters unhappy with President Biden’s approach to the war between Israel and Hamas to vote for Uncommitted on the state’s Feb. 27 primary ballots to demonstrate a frustration that Mr. Biden has not demanded a cease-fire in the conflict.

The effort, called Listen to Michigan, is set to be formally announced on Tuesday. As The New York Times reported on Friday, the campaign is being run by Layla Elabed, a community organizer from Dearborn, Mich., who is the younger sister of Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. The campaign’s budget will be $250,000 and will include digital advertising, direct mail and phone and text banking to contact supporters, Ms. Elabed said.

“We’re a voting bloc,” she said. “We have the political power to really shift Biden’s election. We did it in 2020.”

The group’s website is blunt. “Tell Biden, count me out for genocide,” it reads.

There is a history of Michigan Democrats using Uncommitted as a protest vote. In 2008, when Michigan defied Democratic National Committee rules by moving its primary up in the nominating calendar, Barack Obama’s campaign urged supporters to vote for Uncommitted against Hillary Clinton. In that contest, 40 percent of Democratic primary voters chose Uncommitted against Mrs. Clinton and three other candidates.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/politics/biden-michigan-israel-gaza.html

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