Absentee voting is a safe and secure way to cast your vote this election season. Find out more about when you should get it in the mail, how the process works, and how your clerk counts absentee ballots on Election Day.
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On this week’s It’s Just Politics, Elon Musk name checks Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on X, more than a million absentee ballots in Michigan are already sent in and the presidential candidates in Michigan are everywhere all at once. Plus, a surprising endorsement from Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement. Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta are joined on this week’s podcast by Bridge Michigan’s Lauren Gibbons and the Detroit Free Press’ Clara Hendrickson. -
We followed an absentee ballot from drop off to counting in Michigan to demonstrate how it works. -
Already, nearly a million Michiganders have cast their absentee ballots. -
With absentee ballots being mailed out this week in Michigan, the It’s Just Politics newsletter with Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta brings you an Absentee Ballot 101. Plus, defining what it means to be a midwestern vice presidential candidate in Election 2024 as both Tim Walz and JD Vance eye Michigan this week. -
Absentee ballots go out in the mail this week to Michigan voters who have requested them. Chris Thomas, Michigan’s former long-time Elections Director, joins It’s Just Politics hosts Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta to answer your questions about absentee balloting in Michigan; plus what a new nationwide survey of consumers could tell us about November’s presidential election results. -
Absentee ballots will be mailed this week to Michigan voters who’ve requested them. That kicks off the early voting season in Michigan headed toward Election Day Nov. 5. -
Michigan voters can ask for an absentee ballot by turning in an application online, by mail, or at their local clerk’s office.
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Today, why Republicans are changing their plan, encouraging voters to cast ballots absentee this year. Also, students and staff at Concordia University in Ann Arbor face major cutbacks, and an uncertain future for degree programs. Plus, a conversation with bestselling horror writer Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box. His new book is all about a young girl with an imaginary friend… one her parents quickly learn to dread. -
A Michigan Court of Claims judge is expected to issue a ruling in the next couple of weeks on a legal challenge to the state’s rules on processing absentee ballots.
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The number of elections changes stemming from the passage of 2022's Proposal 2 have caused headaches and overtime among township, city, and county clerks.
