General Discussion

They can start processing them on the 2nd so they can be counted first thing on the 3rd. I worded it wrong, sorry.

It was passed but for some weird reason, some places around metro Detroit won't take advantage of it.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/16/absentee-ballots-michigan-counting-processing/3680090001/

Some of Michigan's largest cities will not pre-process absentee ballots, despite new law
Dave Boucher
Christina Hall
Detroit Free Press
October 16, 2020

Although 51 of Michigan's largest cities will take advantage of a new law and start processing — not counting — absentee ballots ahead of Election Day, some big cities in metro Detroit chose not to participate.

The decision by some of these cities means they will not get a head start on preparing more than 100,000 absentee ballots to be counted on Nov. 3, potentially further delaying final results that are already expected to come well past the time polls close.

"The goal was to ensure clerks had more time, but it was up to them if they wanted to take advantage of that. You’d have to ask the clerks from those cities why they decided not to," said Tracy Wimmer, a spokeswoman for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.