What's not to love about early voting? [View all]

What’s not to love about early voting?

Susan J. Demas
October 27, 2024 5:25 am


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Just like at the beginning of the pandemic when we were all locked inside our houses, you tend to lose track of time as a new mom. Even though I was a reporter (on maternity leave), I have to admit that I didn’t realize the midterm elections were creeping up so quickly until a canvasser showed up at my door in October.

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That began to change when voters overwhelmingly passed Proposal 3 of 2018, which allows no-reason absentee voting, same-day voter registration, automatic registration and more.

My kids, who are 21 and 22, have only know what it’s like to vote in Michigan under these new rules that make the process a lot less of a chore.

That’s one reason why Michigan had the highest youth voter turnout in the country during the 2022 midterms. Another reason was that we had an abortion rights measure on the ballot, which caused students at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University to flood the polls. Many of them weren’t registered to vote, but were able to do so on Election Day because of these voting reforms.

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Meanwhile, in Iowa, there are a lot more barriers to vote than there were when I lived there a couple decades ago. It’s one of 10 states that enacted absentee voting restrictions after former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, which has caused some confusion, especially for seniors who had grown accustomed to a simple process. .................(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/10/27/whats-not-to-love-about-early-voting/