Absentee Ballots

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.

Today, we talk to the Washtenaw County clerk about early voting efforts in the area. Then, we listened to a previous interview with Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box. Later, we discuss the findings of a new report on the positive effects immigration in the state.

Find key 2024 Michigan voting dates and deadlines. Read about absentee voting, early in-person polling locations, Election Day voting options, accessible voting with a disability, and ensuring your vote is counted on election day.

The city clerk in Warren has opted against using a new state law that allows election offices to start preprocessing mail-in ballots before Election Day.

On this week’s It’s Just Politics, Elon Musk name checks Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on X, more than a million absentee ballots in Michigan are already sent in and the presidential candidates in Michigan are everywhere all at once. Plus, a surprising endorsement from Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement. Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta are joined on this week’s podcast by Bridge Michigan’s Lauren Gibbons and the Detroit Free Press’ Clara Hendrickson.

We followed an absentee ballot from drop off to counting in Michigan to demonstrate how it works.

Already, nearly a million Michiganders have cast their absentee ballots.