Michigan has already recorded 1,392,170 ballots cast one week before the 3 November General Election, representing 18.8 percent of the state’s active registered voters, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
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Of that total, more than 1.1 million voters returned mail (absentee) ballots and 215,795 cast ballots at early in-person voting sites. Early voting sites opened statewide on 24 October. More than 134,000 of the early in-person votes came during the first two days of the period. This is the first midterm general election in which every Michigan voter has access to statewide early in-person voting.
As of 27 October, 2,154,870 voters had requested a mail ballot, including more than 2 million on the permanent mail-ballot list. Early voting continues through 1 November for at least eight hours each day, with some communities offering additional hours on 2 November.
Mail ballots must be received by clerks no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. With the deadline approaching, voters are being advised to use local drop boxes or hand-deliver ballots rather than rely on the postal service. Voters can track their mail ballots and locate drop boxes or early voting sites at mi.gov/vote.
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