About one-third of requested absentee ballots in Michigan have already been submitted

With three weeks until the Nov. 5 election, almost a third of the more than 2.1 million registered voters in Michigan who have requested an absentee ballot have already turned it in.

Meanwhile, early voting in Michigan will begin as early as Saturday in select communities, and then statewide on Oct. 26.

According to the Michigan Secretary of State, more than 670,000 voters have submitted their completed ballot, or approximately 31% of those who requested one.

That compares to about 34% who had submitted their ballots three weeks before the 2020 election, which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic and its related social distancing recommendations.

As of Oct. 15, a total of 2.13 million Michigan citizens had received an absentee ballot through either a request or after joining the permanent absentee ballot list. Of those, 672,585 voters returned their completed absentee ballot to be counted.



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