- Date
- 2012-11-06
- Kind
- Election
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancecommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 2012 Beaver Beacon reports the November 6 election results for St. James and Peaine Townships, including Bill Haggard’s St. James supervisor victory and Bill Kohls’s Peaine supervisor victory, along with trustee, county, presidential, congressional, Senate, and proposition results.
Evidence limits
This record preserves the newspaper’s reported vote totals. It does not independently re-tabulate the ballots or resolve the reported one-ballot discrepancy beyond the account in the issue.
Sources
- The post linked to full St. James and Peaine township results hosted on the Charlevoix County website. It is a useful contemporaneous pointer to official results; the held Beaver Beacon and certified county materials remain the authoritative evidence for totals.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005717
- Gillespie thanked voters and discussed county priorities, including a proposed Boyne City–Charlevoix bike path and regional mental-health services. These are an elected candidate's political statements and policy views, not neutral project facts or certified election evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005744
- The thread contains last-minute campaign advocacy and a celebratory post after the author believed Gillespie had won. It documents political support and an unofficial reaction, not vote totals or a certified result.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005703
- IslandersPAC publicized the October 9 voter-registration deadline and directed readers to the county's November proof ballots, identifying the St. James and Peaine ballot pages. These are advocacy/community notices; official county and township election materials remain authoritative.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005513
- The post directed voters to the Charlevoix County proof ballots and identified pages 19–22 for the two township ballots. This documents public access to draft/proof ballot information, not certified ballot text or election results.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005531
- The notice stated that Paul Welke was running for Peaine Township trustee as a non-affiliated candidate and would appear on the November ballot, rather than running as a write-in. This is a campaign-associated clarification; the certified candidate filing and ballot remain stronger evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005458
- A public discussion concerned a political-action-committee document found at the Welke Airport terminal; an IslandersPAC participant later described the group's voter-information purpose. This preserves political communication context, not PAC membership, authorship of the document, or the accuracy of its claims.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005556
- The post reproduced explanatory text for Michigan statewide proposals 12-1 through 12-3 and asked voters to consider them. It is campaign-adjacent voter education, not certified ballot language or an impartial analysis.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005575
- Beaver Beacon, November 2012, "Two New Supervisors."Reports St. James and Peaine supervisor and trustee results, the county commission and presidential races, a ballot-count discrepancy, and the defeat of six propositions. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held November issue scan confirms the election-results report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports its November 2012 township and national election results”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-township-general-election-results-2012/, accessed [date], citing Angel Welke, “Election Results,” Beaver Island Forum, November 7, 2012. (and 9 further sources listed on the page).
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