Garlin Gilchrist II

“Stand tall against big tech companies and the Trump administration who want to abuse your personal voter registration information or license-plate data.”

“As the country's only statewide elected software engineer, Garlin has focused on making the government actually work for people, He believes it's time for bold, fearless leadership to stand against the threats to democracy in the face of a President who acts like a king. If our democratic system doesn't work, we lose the most important tool we have to really solve the problems every Michigander faces from unaffordable childcare, housing, and healthcare.”

“Michigan is ground zero in the battle for free and fair elections. Unlike typical politicians, Garlin refuses to take any corporate PAC money because for far too long dark money and corporate interests have undue influence in our elections. As a software developer himself, he knows how to stand tall Big Tech companies that try to abuse Michigander's personal information and modernize systems for licensing and registration to work better and smarter.”

“There remain significant challenges with the campaign finance website. That's something that I can make right work with those professionals to address those challenges and make it better. While there has been improvement, we still need to bring the services that we offer and the experience that we offer fully into the 21st Century. And you know, that's something that I believe I've done through my career. Making a system run for people, making government systems work for people. I started with this city government— I created the city of Detroit open data portal, I wrote the Improve Detroit app.”

“It triggered me upon reflection just back to my roots — the first time I ran for office I ran to be an election administrator. I ran for Detroit City Clerk in 2017 it's not something that's ever been far from my heart. I'm uniquely equipped as a software developer and engineer to be the one to protect that stand tall against that.”

“There's nobody pressuring me from any corner of our movement to do this. But this is coming from is while going around Michigan, not only just for the both of the last seven years and for the last year, talking to people about what they confronted.”