About this episode

Lucas Day interviews former City Clerk Marie Wicks about the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to send election monitors to East Lansing for the upcoming primary election.

This week on East Lansing Insider East Lansing Info’s Managing Editor Lucas Day talks with former East Lansing City Clerk Marie Wicks about letters the U.S. Department of Justice sent to three municipalities in Michigan, including East Lansing, saying it would be sending election monitors for the August Primary Election.

People in this episode

Host: Lucas Day

Guest: Marie Wicks

Topics covered

• election monitoring
• August Primary Election
• U.S. Department of Justice
• East Lansing
• local government

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Department of Justice

Places: East Lansing, Michigan

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