LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – State officials say two weeks ahead of Election Day, more than 780,000 Michigan voters have returned their absentee ballot or voted at an early voting site, bringing the active registered voter turnout rate to 10.7%.
The Secretary of State’s office says voters have requested more than 2.1 million ballots, a 17% increase from two weeks before the 2022 midterm election.
As of Tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m., a total of 2,121,458 voters have requested a mail ballot for the General Election, including 2,001,574 on the permanent mail ballot list, and 789,476 voters have returned their completed ballot by mail, drop box, or to their clerk’s office. A total of 789,572 voters have cast their ballot, including 96 votes at an early voting site.
Early voting sites open statewide this Saturday, October 24, and will be open at least eight hours every day through Sunday, November 1.
Some jurisdictions, including East Lansing and Grand Rapids, are offering extra early voting days and opened early voting sites this week.
Look up your early voting sites and times at mi.gov/earlyvoting.
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