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Hamtramck council adopts tighter residency checks and election‑integrity measures
Summary
The council approved strengthened residency-verification requirements for candidates and an election‑integrity protocol requiring candidate training and clerical safeguards; staff promised camera installation and clerk‑office security changes.
Hamtramck’s City Council voted on Jan. 13 to tighten candidate residency verification and to adopt an election‑integrity and candidate‑ethics protocol that includes training and additional clerical safeguards.
The residency measure formalizes documentation the city clerk may require — for example, 12 months of consecutive utility bills, a recorded deed or current property‑tax…
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