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Day. it is also important to recognize that michigan, voters have the right to vote absentee, prior to election day and return their ballot by mail or drop box, local post office and we see more and more voters doing that in 2020, and in subsequent elections, so one option for voters to think about is there any way, if theyre anyway concerned about things that could happen at the polls is to vote prior to election day absentee. that said, we will be ready on election day as well to have eyes and...

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday, June 13.

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The counting of absentee and provisional ballots on Thursday has confirmed Malishai Woodbury’s apparent victory over incumbent Fleming El-Amin in the Democratic primary for District A seats on the Forsyth

Mean that the hurdle was not higher, especially when we know the law deals with the absentee voting portion of it, making it harder, making it more stringent to do so. so, people are out voting more in person, and that is absolute i ai good thing. we know we had the scourge of covid -- well, we still have it, but in the heat of the 2020 election, a lot of states were doing what was necessary to expand and protect access to the ballot box knowing people had to vote -- it was life or death to vote...

>> okay. we thought we were going to have an interview there. doesnt seem to have materialized. so lets go back -- we were following that race. lets go back to the voting laws. that 2021 law we said was signed obviously by brian kemp also changed -- you mentioned the way people decided to vote. are you going to vote absentee? are you going to vote early? for some people its a different kind of calculation. >> yes, the legislature did impact absentee voting in a way that made it more difficult. e...

Right now, the counties are in the midst of their official c canvas. theyll be reporting unofficial returns as you said, by 5:00 p.m. today. then well take the next step in this process. >> a few thousand votes? 2 or 3,000, or closer to 10,000? >> its actually, on the republican side, its definitely just a few thousand votes, based on information weve obtained from the counties. well have a clearer picture of that by 5:00 p.m. today, after counties report to us the unofficial returns. along with...

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Republicans. what happened in 2018 is we figured out a way to beat republicans at their own game. we did not win the governor race, when 2020 came along we said, cool, we can play by the republican rules, we can get people to vote by mail, get people to vote absentee, and then you have drop boxes because of covid was put out there. now the republicans have taken that back. i think you are right. in this state, we have known the role of the secretary of state, he or she should be to uphold the la...

His endorsement, could be the nominee for u.s. senate. the one other race tomorrow is the runoff in texas. when we talk about political dynasties and where the republican party stands today, youve got to take into account that george p. bush is on the ballot, running against ken paxton, a fellow republican for attorney general there. right now, hes expected and most likely will not pull off a victory tomorrow. when you look at the bush family, it dates back to prescott bush when he was first ele...