Kent County Indivisible

10/14/2026

Join us for a recap at our Community Meeting
October 19
M, 7pm @ Fountain Street Church.
Free & Open to the public

10/11/2026

Join us at the Kent County Sherrif’s Office Monday 10/12/26 at 6pm for the Vote No Rally!

Here is an action network link for the rally.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/vote-no-on-detention-rally/

While we are already paying for higher gas prices, groceries, medical bills, and utility bills, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office is asking us to pay even more taxes for their lack of planning and poor handling of their obligations.

Not only are they pushing this millage two years ahead of schedule (the current millage expires in 2029), they’re asking us to pay more for services that are already separating families and infringing on our freedoms. Despite years of incrementally increasing their share of the General Fund Pie, and over a decade of a stable source of income from the existing millage, they manage to overspend, overreach, and consistently perform over budget.

For you and I, that would lead to debt, financial stress, and going without. For them, it is “proof” that they need more and more and more money.

The Kent County Sheriff’s office detains people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as stated in their 2025 Policy and Procedures. (2)

In Kent County, Black people only make up 11.1% of the total population, but 47.5% of the incarcerated population. (3,4)

In 2025, 82% of charges at the time of booking at the Kent County Jail were for non-violent offenses; in other words, an overwhelming majority of people being held at the jail were being held for non-violent offenses. 53% of the charges at time of booking were for crimes of poverty (e.g., retail fraud).

98% of people detained in the Kent County jail don’t go to prison. (4)

Since 2023, the annual average daily population in the Kent County jail has declined/trended down. (4)

Visit https://www.votenoondetention.org/? To learn more!

10/10/2026

Join us as we Chalk the Circle starting at 10:30am, Saturday, October 17 at Rosa Parks circle. The rally begins at 11:30am, but we’d love to leave behind messages from the community members after the event is over.

All you need is to show up, and we provide the chalk! We are looking forward to community solidarity for No Kings!!

Hope to see you all in a week!!

10/09/2026

Our final Candidate Response comes to us from the City of Walker! As you complete your ballots for this election, review how candidates for the Walker City Council responded to our questionnaire.

Kent County Indivisible is helping voters get information they need to be informed constituents. We sent candidates running in multiple races across Kent County a questionnaire with questions specific to the core values of KCI. All candidates of these specific races were asked to submit their responses.

We share the unedited response with you, now. Candidate responses are organized by alphabetical order of last names. You may notice that some candidates have not submitted responses. If we receive more submissions, these will be updated and reposted.

Your participation in the 2026 mid-term election is crucial. Absentee ballots are being received across Kent County and early in-person voting will begin on October 24th. The Michigan General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd.

These questions were not created, collected, nor published in collaboration nor consultation with any candidate, party or proposal campaign; nor has been the distribution of the responses. This communication is not to be considered an endorsement or promotion of any given candidate or political party.
Be sure to check the status of your voter registration, local polling hours and more on the Michigan Secretary of State website: https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter

10/09/2026

10/08/2026

Do you live in the City of Wyoming, specifically in Ward 1? We asked candidates running to serve you on your City Council questions important to you. We are sharing responses with you now.

Kent County Indivisible is helping voters get information they need to be informed constituents. We sent candidates running in multiple races across Kent County a questionnaire with questions specific to the core values of KCI. All candidates of these specific races were asked to submit their responses. We share the unedited response with you, now.

Candidate responses are organized by alphabetical order of last names. You may notice that some candidates have not submitted responses. If we receive more submissions, these will be updated and reposted.

Your participation in the 2026 mid-term election is crucial. Absentee ballots are being received across Kent County and early in-person voting will begin on October 24th. The Michigan General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd.

KCI will be sending out different candidate responses each day through October 9th. These will cover races all across Kent County.
These questions were not created, collected, nor published in collaboration nor consultation with any candidate, party or proposal campaign; nor has been the distribution of the responses.

This communication is not to be considered an endorsement or promotion of any given candidate or political party.
Be sure to check the status of your voter registration, local polling hours and more on the Michigan Secretary of State website: https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter

10/08/2026

To join the KCI action network and email list, please follow the link below!

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-with-kent-county-indivisible?

10/07/2026

Do you live in the City of Wyoming? We reached out to candidates hoping to join the City Council as a Member at Large.

Kent County Indivisible is helping voters get information they need to be informed constituents. We sent candidates running in multiple races across Kent County a questionnaire with questions specific to the core values of KCI.

All candidates of these specific races were asked to submit their responses. We share the unedited response with you, now. Candidate responses are organized by alphabetical order of last names. You may notice that some candidates have not submitted responses. If we receive more submissions, these will be updated and reposted.

Your participation in the 2026 mid-term election is crucial. Absentee ballots are being received across Kent County and early in-person voting will begin on October 24th. The Michigan General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd.

KCI will be sending out different candidate responses each day through October 9th. These will cover races all across Kent County.
These questions were not created, collected, nor published in collaboration nor consultation with any candidate, party or proposal campaign; nor has been the distribution of the responses.

This communication is not to be considered an endorsement or promotion of any given candidate or political party.
Be sure to check the status of your voter registration, local polling hours and more on the Michigan Secretary of State website: https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter