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catbyte

(34,485 posts)
Tue May 19, 2020, 10:29 AM May 2020

YAY! Our Secretary of State is mailing absentee ballots to every registered voter in Michigan.

Elections do matter. There's no way a republican SOS would've made that decision. I'm sure republicans will whine, stomp their tiny little feet, scream fascism and it's so unconstitutional, and file court cases. Anything to prevent free, fair, and safe elections!
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Secretary of State: All Michigan voters will get absentee ballot applications at home

Todd Spangler, Updated 9:19 a.m. ET May 19, 2020

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Tuesday all of Michigan's 7.7 million registered voters will be mailed absentee ballot applications so they can take part in elections in August and November without the risk of in-person voting if they choose to do so.

Benson, in a move likely to anger some Republicans and potentially lead to a court battle, said the threat posed by the spread of coronavirus, which has already killed 4,915 Michiganders since March but has been on the decline in recent weeks, is still too great to consider having people go en masse to the polls to vote in the Aug. 4 and Nov. 3 elections. Benson is a Democrat.

“By mailing applications, we have ensured that no Michigander has to choose between their health and their right to vote,” Benson said. She noted that in 50 local elections held across the state on May 5, turnout was up significantly from other years and that the vast majority of voters cast absentee ballots by mail or through a drop box.

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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/05/19/all-michigan-voters-get-absentee-ballot-applications-in-mail/5218266002/




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YAY! Our Secretary of State is mailing absentee ballots to every registered voter in Michigan. (Original Post) catbyte May 2020 OP
This is the right thing to do! writes3000 May 2020 #1
Yes! Ohio will likely do this too Johnny2X2X May 2020 #2
That is great! I hope VA does the same thing. Nt helpisontheway May 2020 #3
Glad to see many people from Michigan are not idiots captain queeg May 2020 #4

Johnny2X2X

(19,193 posts)
2. Yes! Ohio will likely do this too
Tue May 19, 2020, 10:33 AM
May 2020

If we vote, we win.

Mail in voting brings Ohio into play and it puts Michigan in the win column easily IMO.

Michigan is about done with Trump, suburban voters are finished with him here. His base is the rural voters alone.

captain queeg

(10,273 posts)
4. Glad to see many people from Michigan are not idiots
Tue May 19, 2020, 10:35 AM
May 2020

I feel sorry for reasonable people who live in the stars with large vocal groups of idiots. Every state has some, some places are worse than others.

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