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  • Door-to-door combat: Precinct Captains’ ground war on voting

    by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press September 2026) To spread fear among voters, President Trump said in May that he would “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections; we have to have honest elections.” Given the president’s threat, National Guard troops, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, or unauthorized private militia, could…

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  • Cuyahoga County Board of Elections’ website offers information on registering and voting

       (Plain Press September 2026) Citizens, age 18 or older by election day (November 3, 2026), are eligible to vote in the General Election once they are registered to vote. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is October 5, 2026.    To register to vote, to check to see if you…

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  • FBI used to deter lawful participation in democratic process

    by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press July 2026) United States Representative Shontel Brown, a Democrat who represents Ohio’s 11th District, wrote in a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel and Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Office Joshua J. DelManzo, following the raid targeting the Ohio Organizing Collective (OOC), that…

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  • Democratic Party Central Committee representative reacts to Plain Press primary election coverage

    To the editor:    (Plain Press June 2026) I am writing in response to Bruce Checefsky’s article published in the May 2026 Plain Press titled “Pre-Primary Endorsements Unfairly Influence Election Results”.    I have lived in the City of Cleveland for the past 24 years minus a brief stint in Denver. During this time, I…

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  • Pre-primary endorsements unfairly influence election results

    by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press May 2026) The Cuyahoga County Democratic precinct elections on May 5 are the most important primary elections this year, according to Ellen Kubit, who is no stranger to politics. She is running for reelection in Ward 7, Precinct B.    Kubit, a political strategist and former campaign manager for…

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  • November 4, 2025 – Unofficial Election Results

    (Plain Press December 2025) (Official results will not be available until November 25th at www.boe.cuyahogacounty.gov ) (Post Election Vote by Mail, Provisional and Post Election Day – not yet recorded by the Plain Press publication date) (Also see close election in Cleveland Ward 12 – if a recount is requested official results may be delayed)…

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  • Clevelanders redress their grievances at downtown No Kings Rally

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland.‘ PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland. PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Saturday, October 18, 2025; No Kings Demonstration, downtown Cleveland. PHOTO BY GREG…

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  • November 4th General Election voting and ballot information

       (Plain Press October 2025) In the November 4th General Election, registered voters in Cleveland will have a chance to weigh in on four races for Municipal Court Judges, the mayoral contest and in City Council races. Residents in Ward 7, Precinct I, in Ward 12, Precinct G, and Ward 13, Precinct Q, will also…

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  • Dismal voter turnout results in predictable outcome

    by Bruce Checefsky    (Plain Press October 2025) Cleveland city-wide voter turnout was 7.1% among registered voters in the wards holding elections, but despite low numbers, incumbents were the big winners in the September primary election. Some city wards reported less than a 3.5% turnout.    In Ward 3, with a population of 23,779, incumbent…

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  • Cleveland Co-Op Circles hosts candidate forum

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, July 31, 2025; Cleveland Co-Op Circles Economic Policy Candidate Forum, Pilgrim Church, 2592 W. 14th Street: Ward 4 City Council candidate Kris Harsh says residents want better City services. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, July 31, 2025; Cleveland Co-Op Circles Economic Policy Candidate Forum, Pilgrim Church, 2592 W. 14th Street:…

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