Benson Encourages Hand Delivery of Early Ballots

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is encouraging absentee voters to hand-deliver ballots to their local election clerk’s offices or ballot drop boxes.

While ballots can still be requested and submitted by mail, Benson said yesterday that the risk of postal delays grows greater as the election nears.

Absentee ballots must be received by city and township clerks by 8:00 pm on election day, November 3rd, to be counted.

Benson recommended that voters who still wish to obtain and cast early ballots do it in person with their clerk. Ballots can be obtained, filled out, and submitted in one trip. Ballots may also be delivered to the drop box set up by your city or township.

As of Monday, more than 1.5 million Michigan citizens had already cast absentee ballots, and nearly 3 million citizens had requested them.