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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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. -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Tuesday to expand voting rights — including making it easier to vote by absentee ballot. -
Republicans on the committee were skeptical and said they’re concerned that making voting easier could also make elections less secure. -
The Michigan House Elections Committee is planning a hearing for a bill to allow voters to request an absentee ballot online. -
In 2020, hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed what was then the TCF Center. They suspected, without evidence, that fraud was going on there. But officials say security upgrades and other measures mean things should be a lot less wild this year
