LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan officials say the amount of absentee ballots ordered indicated a huge voter turnout for the November 8 election.
A total of 1.6 million people have requested absentee ballots so far. That amount surpasses the total requested for the last midterm election.
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More than 150,000 Michigan voters have already cast absentee ballots. There is less than one month to go before the November 8 election that will decide the state’s governor, secretary of state, attorney general and whether access to abortion will be a constitutional right.
The election will also determine the outcome of many regional and local battles, including school board races.
A record-breaking 3.3 million people in Michigan voted absentee in the 2020 presidential election at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
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