Mid-Michigan clerks find out-of-town ballots in drop boxes

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Clerks in Lansing and East Lansing say they are finding ballots meant for other communities in their jurisdictions’ drop boxes.

East Lansing City Clerk Marie Wicks said she has identified 35 ballots for another city or state left by voters in a drop box on Michigan State University campus. Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope said his election team has identified “as many as 30” such ballots.

“I make an effort to contact the voter and let them know that they can pick up their ballot here at REO Road or we will mail it the following day,” Swope told WLNS, WOOD TV8’s sister station in Lansing, via text message.

Ballots have to be returned to the clerk who issued them in order to be counted, both clerks noted. Both clerks also say their drop boxes explicitly state the drops are for local ballots only.




https://www.woodtv.com/news/elections/mid-michigan-clerks-find-out-of-town-ballots-in-drop-boxes/