METRO DETROIT Several communities throughout southeast Michigan are preparing to implement early voting, which allows in-person voting in elections up to nine days prior to Election Day.
There's a whole process that happens once that absentee ballot is received by your city or township clerk, and we spoke with one local clerk to detail the process of what happens after it's received.
Half of Michigan votes in next week's election are expected to be cast absentee, but many municipalities aren't taking advantage of new rules allowing some pre-processing.