Absentee voting is a safe and secure way to cast your vote this election season. Find out more about when you should get it in the mail, how the process works, and how your clerk counts absentee ballots on Election Day.
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A Michigan Court of Claims judge says the state Bureau of Elections can’t deny access to records that reveal the method voters used to cast a ballot in an election. -
The Michigan Court of Claims has dismissed a Republican lawsuit over absentee voting by civilians and members of Michigan military families living overseas.
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The ACLU of Michigan is warning the Ypsilanti Township clerk she may be violating election laws by aggressively purging names from the voter rolls.
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Guidance from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says absentee ballots with mismatched or missing identifying numbers can be counted as challenged ballots. The court struck that down. -
Michigan lets spouses and dependents of Michigan voters living overseas also vote absentee, even if they’ve never lived in Michigan themselves. -
Voters can cast an absentee ballot in the November general election starting September 25. Election Day is November 4.
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Some Grand Rapids voters may soon have fewer places to cast ballots – that’s as city leaders are poised to consider a proposal to consolidate and eliminate some precinct locations. -
Few Michigan ballots get rejected because of voter signatures. If yours did, there’s still time to fix it. -
Today, we talk to Lawrence Kestenbaum, clerk for Washtenaw County, and Tony Forlini, Macomb County Clerk, about early and absentee voting in their respective counties. -
“There's no need to panic,” an elections expert tells NPR. All but three states have free tracking sites that send updates to voters as their ballot goes through the system.
