With three months until the Nov. 5 presidential election, over 670,000 Michigan voters have completed and returned their absent vote to staff.
Those 672, 585 vote make up about 31 % of the 2.1 million absentee ballots that have so far been requested, according to data released by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s company Tuesday. The score is about 12 % of the entire 5.5 million ballots cast in the 2020 election.
As of Tuesday, the transfer rate is substantially lower than it was on Tuesday in 2020 at this time. Three months out from the 2020 election, on 34 %, or nearly 1 million vote, had been completed and returned of the 2.8 million requested. In an effort to encourage remote election options during the pandemic, Benson sent absentee ballot programs to each Michigan voter that time.
The state’s citizens may check the status of their absentee ballot program and the vote itself at , detroit. gov/vote.
Individuals who requested and received absentee ballots may gain them by email, visit their clerk’s office, or use a tabulator at their neighborhood’s early voting location or on Election Day in their downtown.
Detroit, the state’s largest city, has issued 100, 470 absentee ballots and so far received 41, 235, or about 41 %, completed ballots back, according to Tuesday’s data from Benson’s office.
Grand Rapids has issued about 34, 258 absentee ballots and had 10, 112 returned, a almost 30 % return level. After issuing 24, 179, the town of Warren has received 7, 449 completed absent votes, and Sterling Heights has received 8, 397 completed absentee ballots after issuing 25, 042.
In 2024, voters also have the option of voting in-person on Election Day or visiting an early, in-person voting site starting Oct. 26 ( or earlier in a few communities ) to vote in person.
Early election in most of the state , begins Saturday, Oct. 26 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 3. Detroit will opened its first election locations before on Saturday, Oct. 19 and East Lansing and Canton Township will start early voting centres on Monday, Oct. 21.
Proposal 2 of 2022, passed 60%-40 % by voters, requires at least nine days of early voting due to provincial and national elections, but allows for up to 29 days of early election based on the preferences of the area. While some towns will have their own first election centers, other smaller towns will have their own first election centers.
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