On Tuesday, voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties will vote on this so-called millage tax.
Nonetheless, in 2008 Mr Obama won Macomb County with a margin of eight points.
George Bush carried Macomb County in 2004 even though John Kerry narrowly took the state of Michigan.
Spitz, a forensic pathologist and toxicologist and the chief medical examiner for Michigan's Macomb and St.
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For 20 years Stan Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, studied the blue-collar white voters of Macomb County near Detroit.
This question is most acute in the swing county of Macomb, a bastion of socially conservative white workers.
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By including these meaningful elements in the service, Macomb was able to build a bridge between religious traditions.
In October 2009, Macomb married Rebecca and Jayant Menon in an intercultural ceremony that honored his Hindu background and her roots in Catholicism.
Macomb says many interfaith and intercultural couples she sees care very much about highlighting the religious or cultural details that are important to them.
"I'm there to tell them if the ceremony is not balanced or if there's any detail that may be offensive (to another culture), " says Macomb.
Macomb wove in the traditions of candles and fire that are meaningful in both Catholicism and Hinduism to create a sublime moment in the Menon's wedding.
One trick to crafting a meaningful diverse wedding ceremony or reception is to focus on the traditions that each religion or culture has in common, advises Macomb.
"It's so important to have someone who is knowledgeable about different cultures and knows how to explain (the rituals) to the guests, " he says of Macomb's officiating.
Macomb, an interfaith minister who honors all religions, has been officiating weddings since 1996, and many of them have been for couples from different cultural or religious paths.
"They care about bringing forth a ceremony that says this is who we are, this is what we believe and this is what we want to celebrate, " Macomb says.
If dental records cannot be found, authorities can also check with hospitals for any other X-rays that might have been taken, said Dr. Daniel Spitz, medical examiner in Macomb County, Michigan.
Finding commonality between traditions can make a ceremony meaningful, but make sure to have someone explain the symbolism to the wedding guests, or most will be in the dark, says Macomb.
Macomb, for instance, is almost 90% white.
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"(Years ago) I would get calls from (engaged couples of different cultural or religious traditions) who were desperate and sad ... and after a ceremony I would secretly hear a family member or maybe the florist say (about the wedding couple), 'Oh, that's not going to work, ' " Macomb says.
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