absentee ballots

Clerk Barb Byrum is encouraging voters to sign up for the state's list to automatically receive an absentee ballot in their mailbox for future elections.

Michigan’s new voting rights constitutional amendment is a step closer to implementation after lawmakers sent a series of early and absentee voting bills to the governor Tuesday.

Many Michigan clerks would have eight days to pre-process absentee ballots under a Senate bill package that made it out of committee Tuesday.

Michiganders can now sign up to always receive absentee ballots for upcoming elections. The permanent mail ballot list was created after voters approved a ballot proposal last November.

A bill to let Michigan voters request an absentee ballot online is set for a hearing Tuesday morning before the state House Elections Committee.

Data from the Secretary of State indicates more Michigan residents are voting absentee for this year's midterm elections than in past cycles.

A new law in Michigan allowing certain municipalities to begin processing absentee ballots early could give some clerks a helping hand. That’s as the state reports over 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots for the midterms.

With less than a month to go until the midterm elections, the East Lansing city clerk is establishing a satellite office on the Michigan State University campus to make voting easier for students.

The Michigan Secretary of State’s office says with five weeks to go before the Nov. 8 election, more than one and a half million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots.

Michigan voters can now apply for an absentee ballot in advance of the November 8 general election.