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Most voters have probably made up their minds, with a small group of undecideds who could still make a difference in close races.
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Michigan’s re-drawn legislative boundaries created a political vacuum in some areas.
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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.
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Proposal 3 would protect abortion rights but leave details unsettled
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Election bills are heading to governor’s desk after lawmakers reached a deal this week following months of negotiating.Republican Senator Ruth Johnson chairs the Senate Elections Committee. She says the bill would allow more clerks to pre-process absentee ballots two days before election day. In 2020, clerks could do that pre-processing one day before the election. It would also require county clerks to scrub the deceased from their lists of registered voters at least monthly.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed a bill that would set deadlines for calling special elections.
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Two Republicans lost bids Wednesday to get their names on the Republican primary ballot in the race for governor.
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A problem with filing paperwork is disqualifying a handful of Republican and Democratic candidates from Michigan's August primary ballot.
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17 months after the 2020 presidential election, the results are still a hot topic of conspiracies for some Republican candidates.
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Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has officially picked the state’s Congressional boundaries for the next decade.