Millions of Michigan Residents Vote Early

Nov 1, 2024

by Liz Gullett

As MLC’s Communications and Social Media Manager, Liz Gullett keeps clients informed and up-to-date on the goings on in Lansing and the Capitol.

One week before the election, over 2 million Michigan residents voted in the General Election.

Key Points:

    • As of October 29, 389,644 voters had cast a ballot at an early voting site and 1.6 million voters have voted by mail or ballot drop box.
    • The highest turnout day so far was Saturday, October 26, with 145,176 ballots cast.
    • 2,360,407 voters have requested an absentee ballot for this election.
    • At this point in 2020, 2,107,019 absentee ballots had been returned.

For information on the election and voting, please visit Michigan.gov/Vote.

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