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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed several voting rights bills today.
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Michigan’s new nine-day early voting period would start two Saturdays before an election under Senate bills heard in committee today [WED].
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Michiganders are now able to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election.
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Many local elections officials won't pre-process absentee ballots, Michigan Department of State saysMore than 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested to vote absentee this election cycle.
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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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Michigan voters can now apply for an absentee ballot in advance of the November 8 general election.
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Over one million Michigan residents have voted absentee during today's primary election.
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Absentee ballot requests for Michigan's upcoming primary elections are outpacing the 2018 cycle by hundreds of thousands.
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Absentee ballots for the upcoming August primary elections are now available at clerk’ offices statewide. Michelle Jokisch Polo spoke with Ingham County’s Clerk about the process.
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Republicans and Democrats on a joint House and Senate legislative committee are deadlocked on absentee ballot rules.