Officials encourage voters to hand-deliver absentee ballots to avoid postal delays

Two weeks ahead of Election Day, more than 780,000 Michigan voters have returned their absentee (mail) ballot or voted at an early voting site, bringing the active registered voter turnout rate to 10.7%.

Voters have requested more than 2.1 million ballots – a 17% increase from two weeks before the 2022 midterm election. 

Voters who have not yet returned their ballot are urged to hand-deliver it in its signed and sealed envelope as soon as possible to their clerk’s office or assigned ballot drop box to avoid postal delays.

Voters can also return their ballot to their early voting site or polling place on Election Day, 

“With Election Day only two weeks away, now is the time to return your mail ballot if you have not already done so,” said Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie. “Voters should avoid putting their ballot in the mail and instead hand-deliver it to your assigned drop box, clerk’s office, or put it into the machine yourself at an early voting site or at a polling location on Election Day. Clerks must have your ballot by 8 p.m. on Election Day for it to be counted. Don’t wait to ensure your voice will be heard this November.”

As of 7 a.m Tuesday, a total of 2,121,458 voters have requested a mail (absentee) ballot for the General Election, including 2,001,574 on the permanent mail ballot list, and 789,476 voters have returned their completed ballot by mail, drop box, or to their clerk’s office.

A total of 789,572 voters have cast their ballot, including 96 votes at an early voting site, 10.7% of Michigan’s active registered voters.

Early voting sites open statewide Saturday, Oct. 24, and will be open at least eight hours every day through Sunday, November 1.

Some jurisdictions, including East Lansing and Grand Rapids, are offering extra early voting days and opened early voting sites this week. As of 7 a.m. today, 96 voters have cast their ballot at an early voting site. Look up your early voting sites and times at?mi.gov/earlyvoting.

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