Absentee Voting

As the 2024 general elections inches closer, voters have been receiving 2024 Michigan absentee voter ballot applications from groups unaffiliated with the state or local clerks.

Over 10,000 ballots were cast Saturday and Sunday at early voting sites across the state, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. This will be the second election statewide that includes new early voting laws. The rules stem from a state constitutional amendment passed in 2022.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge is expected to issue a ruling in the next couple of weeks on a legal challenge to the state’s rules on processing absentee ballots.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed several voting rights bills today.

Michigan’s new nine-day early voting period would start two Saturdays before an election under Senate bills heard in committee today [WED].

Michiganders are now able to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election.

More than 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested to vote absentee this election cycle.

A new law in Michigan allowing certain municipalities to begin processing absentee ballots early could give some clerks a helping hand. That’s as the state reports over 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots for the midterms.The law gives clerks’ offices in municipalities with more than 10,000 residents permission to start processing absentee ballots the Sunday and Monday before the general election. They can open all absentee envelopes and verify ballot numbers to eliminate tasks for Election Day.

Michigan voters can now apply for an absentee ballot in advance of the November 8 general election.

Over one million Michigan residents have voted absentee during today's primary election.