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A ballot drop box in Kearney Township, Michigan. Voters in Antrim County and a number of other communities haven't gotten their ballots after officials missed a state deadline. (Photo: Hayley Harding / Votebeat)
Hayley Harding
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Votebeat
Voters in multiple Michigan counties still don’t have absentee ballots after clerks miss mailing deadline
Hayley Harding | Votebeat
Several Michigan clerks missed the deadline to mail absentee ballots, despite state laws that require them to be sent to voters at least 40 days before the election — which, for the 2026 midterms, was Sept. 24.
people in voting booths
Steve Carmody
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Michigan Radio
Secretary of State candidates debate election security, voter trust and access
Colin Jackson
The University of Michigan students walk through the Diag in Ann Arbor.
Emma Winowiecki
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Michigan Public
U-M students react to suspension of planned policy to hide letter grades of first-semester freshmen
Glenn Hedin
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