What early voting numbers say about Michigan's 2026 midterm election
Voting before Election Day has become more common, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, so a big early number doesn't necessarily indicate higher overall turnout.
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Voting before Election Day has become more common, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, so a big early number doesn't necessarily indicate higher overall turnout.
About 10.7% of the state's 7.4 million registered voters have returned ballots, nearly all of them absentee, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's dashboard. Early in-person voting is just getting started.
A judge ordered the count of 37 disputed ballots in the Hamtramck mayoral race to be made public, after months of litigation on the matter.
About 7% of Detroit's voters have already returned their ballots, outpacing the 6% statewide rate for absentee ballot returns.
A judge has ordered 37 absentee ballots from the 2025 mayoral election in Hamtramck to be counted no later than Oct. 16.
While the number of printed absentee ballots that omitted the Belleville Area District Library board races is not yet available, it could be close to 10,000.
If you are on Michigan's permanent absent voter list or signed up to get an absentee voter ballot for the Nov. 3 election, the ballots are on the way.
The whistleblower, described by lawyers as a federal official, disclosed information about the Postal Service's new mail-voting procedures to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
The clerk's office is preparing equipment and procedural updates ahead of the November 2026 general election.
Early and absentee voting accounted for well over half of the ballots in several Southeast Michigan counties, officials say.
Michigan voting trends are skewing toward absentee ballots and early in-person voting, based on Secretary of State data.
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Canton Township Clerk Michael Siegrist says they have a protocol in place to ensure every vote counts if a drop box with ballots inside is damaged.
There are four weeks left until the Nov. 8 elections and so far voters have already cast 155,142 absentee ballots, according to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
