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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Few Michigan ballots get rejected because of voter signatures. If yours did, there’s still time to fix it. -
Today, we talk to Lawrence Kestenbaum, clerk for Washtenaw County, and Tony Forlini, Macomb County Clerk, about early and absentee voting in their respective counties. -
“There's no need to panic,” an elections expert tells NPR. All but three states have free tracking sites that send updates to voters as their ballot goes through the system. -
Today, we talk to the Washtenaw County clerk about early voting efforts in the area. Then, we listened to a previous interview with Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box. Later, we discuss the findings of a new report on the positive effects immigration in the state. -
Find key 2024 Michigan voting dates and deadlines. Read about absentee voting, early in-person polling locations, Election Day voting options, accessible voting with a disability, and ensuring your vote is counted on election day. -
The city clerk in Warren has opted against using a new state law that allows election offices to start preprocessing mail-in ballots before Election Day. -
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.
