Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says based on how the August primary went this week changes are needed before the November general election.
Benson says one-point-six-million Michiganders voted absentee in Tuesday’s primary. That's a new record.
She’s expecting that number to rise to two-and-a-half million for the presidential election.
Benson says election workers will need more time and resources to process all those ballots.
“If there is no change in the law, it will likely be well into Friday or potentially the weekend before we can get results in the closest races in our state,” said Benson.
More than ten thousand absentee ballots were rejected including many that arrived after the voting deadline at eight-P-M on election day.
Benson wants state law changed to allow absentee ballots mailed before the deadline to be counted.