DETROIT — Former first lady Michelle Obama plans to host a rally in Detroit later this month for a nonpartisan, nonprofit voter advocacy organization she co-chairs.
When We All Vote announced Wednesday that Obama is scheduled to headline the free, ticketed event March 27 at University of Detroit Mercy. It's open to the organization's volunteers and partners, as well as educators, college students and high school students who are eligible to vote.
Obama and others launched When We All Vote in 2018 to boost voting.
At previous events, Obama told people that she didn't care who they voted for as long as they participated.
The state of Michigan is the focus of a number of Democratic presidential candidates this week. Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg and Tulsi Gabbard are all campaigning in Michigan before the primary on Tuesday, March 10.
Sanders will host two events in Michigan, a rally in Detroit on Friday, March 6 and a rally in Grand Rapids on March 8.
Warren already held a town hall in Detroit on Tuesday, she'll be hosting another in Lansing on Friday. Gabbard hosted an event in Detroit on Tuesday as well.
Michael Bloomberg will be campaigning in Macomb County on Thursday, March 5.
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