Craig Nigrelli
STARTING TODAY, VOTERS IN MICHIGAN ARE BEGINNING TO RECEIVE AND CAST THEIR VOTES IN THIS YEAR’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ABSENTEE BALLOTING IS UNDERWAY.
BACK IN 2018, VOTERS STATEWIDE APPROVED A MEASURE TO EXPAND ABSENTEE VOTING TO EVERY REGISTERED VOTER. NO SPECIFIED REASON HAD TO BE GIVEN AS TO WHY A VOTER COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
THE MICHIGAN ABSENTEE VOTING PERIOD IS 40 DAYS. THE STATE HAS ALREADY SENT OUT BALLOTS TO MILITARY MEMBERS AND OTHERS OVERSEAS.
MICHIGAN IS A KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE IN THIS YEAR’S ELECTION WITH 15 ELECTORAL VOTES AT STAKE, VOTERS ARE ALSO WEIGHING IN ON AN IMPORTANT U.S. SENATE RACE.
TWO RECENT POLLS HAVE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS LEADING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BY ABOUT TWO OR THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS. JOE BIDEN WON MICHIGAN IN 2020 AND HILLARY CLINTON TOOK THE STATE IN 2016. DEMOCRATS CONSIDER IT PART OF THEIR “BLUE WALL” IN THE MIDWEST.
STILL, WITH THE POLLS SHOWING THE RACE EXTREMELY TIGHT, DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO FLIP-IT. HE HAS A RALLY SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY IN WALKER, MICHIGAN, NEAR GRAND RAPIDS, AND A TOWN HALL IN WARREN, A SUBURB OF DETROIT.