ANN ARBOR, MI (MPRN)-- Across Michigan local clerks are preparing for the challenges of November’s general election.
The COVID-19 pandemic is driving a sharp rise in absentee voting and concerns for the health of people who will be manning the polls on Election Day.
Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope is the president of the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks. He says the August primary helped prepare them for the challenges ahead.
“But there are some medium sized and even smaller communities that will just have a hard time getting election workers and just will be challenged beyond what they ever had before.”
Swope and other clerks are urging state lawmakers to approve changes to allow clerks to begin processing absentee ballots before Election Day.
