Voting

By law, the issue must appear on the ballot every 16 years. The last updated constitution was approved in 1962.

Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist's decision to leave the gubernatorial contest means the race for Michigan’s Democratic nomination for governor is largely between current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson.

Locals clerks are encouraging voters to turn in their absentee ballots two weeks ahead of election day. Primary elections are scheduled to take place on Feb. 3.

Rank MI Vote, the grassroots organization pushing for a ballot initiative to establish ranked choice voting in Michigan, has paused its statewide efforts to get that measure on the 2026 ballot.

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.