Michigan to allow absentee ballot processing 2 days before Election Day – By A.L. Lee (UPI) / Sept 29, 2022
Before now, clerks could only open envelopes to verify critical information when the polls opened
Sept. 29 (UPI) — Michigan lawmakers have reached a deal with the governor to allow more time to process what’s expected to be a flood of absentee ballots during the upcoming November midterm and beyond.
The measure, which passed Wednesday on the final day of the legislative session in Lansing was seen as a major victory for the state’s election clerks because it will free up the two days before Election Day to sort through the deluge of mailed-in ballots.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was expected to sign the bipartisan bill into law.
Michigan election officials hailed the move as a way to preprocess ballots without actually tabulating them until the day of the in-person vote.
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