ANN ARBOR — In a final push to get out the vote among students at the University of Michigan, two of the state’s Democratic heavyweights — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell — spoke at a rally in Ann Arbor on Monday night that also included down-ballot candidates in Tuesday’s election and actor Josh Gad, who voiced the animated snowman Olaf in Disney’s “Frozen” movies.
They took the stage at Rackham Auditorium just hours before the polls opened, telling a crowd of roughly 400 students and other supporters that there’s too much at stake to sit out this election or to think their work is done once they’ve cast their ballots.
“The whole world is watching this state, and … we’ve got a huge opportunity, and with that opportunity comes a responsibility,” Whitmer said of Michigan, which is among a handful of swing states where the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is considered a toss-up.
Whitmer, who wore a navy blue Michigan Mom sweatshirt, urged students not only to vote, but to continue working to get others to the polls until they close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.