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Michigan board certifies February presidential primary, noting large absentee turnout
Summary
The Board of State Canvassers voted to certify the February presidential primary, after a Bureau of Elections briefing that 1,900,000 ballots were cast statewide — about 1.1 million absentee and roughly 80,000 early in-person votes — and described new early-voting procedures and early-tabulation practices.
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers voted to certify the report of votes from the February presidential primary after a briefing from Bureau of Elections staff.
Director Breeder told the board the election marked the first statewide use of nine days of early in-person voting required under Proposal 2022-2 and that jurisdictions used a variety of site configurations. "In total, there were about, I think, 500 or so early voting sites," she said, and added that clerks and canvassers "did an outstanding job" implementing the…
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