The bills aim to expand ballot access by providing ballots in more languages, create a voting data clearinghouse, codify protections for voters who may need help casting their ballot, and broadly aim to prevent voting suppression.
Hayley Harding
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Michigan worked to speed up election results. Here’s why it still took a while
New laws allowed clerks to start processing ballots sooner, but some things just take time.
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Long wait for Wayne, Macomb county election results could create another opening for misinformation
The state’s efforts to help speed things up may not be enough to prevent the delays that feed falsehoods.
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Why thousands of Michigan votes likely won’t be counted in Tuesday’s primary
The problem stems from ‘crossover’ voting between parties on the same ballot, clerks and experts say. Absentee voters are most at risk.