More than 1.2 million Michigan voters have cast a ballot so far

With less than two weeks before the Nov. 5 election, well over 1.2 million Michigan voters have already submitted an absentee ballot or voted in person, according to the Michigan Secretary of State.

The latest update, which compares all voting through Tuesday to the same point in October 2020, also shows a growing willingness in Republican-leaning counties to embrace absentee voting.

Although most Republican counties still lag Democratic-leaning counties, the gap has narrowed substantially.

In 2020, when Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office sent an absentee ballot application to every voter because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 24.4% of active voters in counties President Joe Biden ultimately won had cast an absentee ballot two weeks before the election.




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