by: WOODTV.com staff
PHOTO: A woman sends up a prayer before leaving her absentee ballot in a return drop box in downtown Grand Rapids on Oct. 20, 2020.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Seven days away from the Nov. 3 election, Michigan voters have already set a new record for absentee ballots.
On Tuesday morning the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office said that 2.1 million ballots had already been cast absentee. That number represents ballots that have passed preliminary security checks verifying signatures and been accepted by clerks’ offices.
The city of Grand Rapids has issued nearly 60,000 ballots and gotten 39,677 back, this according to data from the state.
State officials said the previous record for absentee ballots was 1.6 million, set in August.
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