Voting

Duggan visited the Central Michigan University campus on Fri. Oct. 3 to speak to students ahead of next year's gubernatorial race.

During the 2024 election, the young voter turnout (ages 18-29) in Michigan reached 58%, an increase by 4% from the 2022 midterm election, according to the Circle for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.

Michigan law requires early in-person polling locations to be available for statewide and federal elections, but not for local races. In the tri-county area, Saginaw is the only one who's going to offer this voting option for the 35th district state Senate special election in early 2026.

Some states submitted a limited data set, excluding sensitive personal information, but the Justice Department is demanding more.

Republican Steve Frisbie picked up a few votes in the close race against incumbent Democrat Jim Haadsma.

The Leelanau County Clerk said some early in-person votes weren't uploaded to the website, which affected the results on the county dashboard.

According to the Secretary of State's office, over 145,000 people cast their ballot on the first day of early in-person voting in Michigan. It's the first presidential election the process has been made available in the state.

The former president is set to hold a campaign rally Friday at Traverse City's Cherry Capital Airport.

If Democrats are counting on Michigan women to turn out to vote like they did in 2022, when abortion was on the ballot, they could be disappointed.

A report from the Michigan Secretary of State’s office says Michigan has serious gaps in youth voter participation