Michigan voters will now be able to vote safely this November

[turbinetree]

Source: American Independent



By Dan Desai Martin -May 19, 2020 3:28 PM

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson noted that most voters 'across the political spectrum want the option to vote by mail.'

Every voter in Michigan will automatically receive an absentee ballot application for elections to be held in August and November, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced on Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press reported.

"By mailing applications, we have ensured that no Michigander has to choose between their health and their right to vote. Voting by mail is easy, convenient, safe, and secure, and every voter in Michigan has the right to do it," Benson, a Democrat, said in a statement.

Benson also noted that most voters "across the political spectrum want the option to vote by mail," a statement supported by recent polls.

After Michigan voters sign the application, they can either mail it to their local election clerk or take a photo of it and email it in. Voters can also download the absentee ballot application at Michigan.gov/vote.

Read more: https://americanindependent.com/michigan-mail-voting-coronavirus-absentee-ballots-2020-election-jocelyn-benson-covid-19/

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[alwaysinasnit]

1. K&R Thanks for posting.

[turbinetree]

2. Your welcome..................

Wado............Thank you

[outasync]

3. Is voting by mail safe ...not to be paranoid but

Longtime Trump ally and fundraiser Louis DeJoy will serve as the new postmaster general for the US Postal Service, the USPS Board of Governors announced Wednesday.

[not_the_one]

8. That is my concern, too.

He wants his DeJoy over the USPS like he has his Barr over the DOJ.

What could possibly go wrong?

[paleotn]

4. Donnie can kiss Michigan goodbye.

Of course hydroxychloroquine may make that moot.

[kimbutgar]

5. If I voted absentee in one of those states I'd probably take it to the board of elections and turn

It in.

[cloudythescribbler]

6. rather than having to APPLY for a mail-in ballot, one shd be sent automatically

This shd be federal policy -- every registered voter in every state shd be sent a mail-in ballot AUTOMATICALLY and encouraged to vote by mail.

In person voting shd be retained, including plenty of early voting, w/voters asked to bring their mail-in ballots w/them to the polls if they have them. If not, they wd sign an affidavit that they haven't voted by mail, and of course a record of their in person appearance at the polls wd be there and checked against the record of all those ballots received by mail. It is a bit cumbersome but would radically increase turnout, and put less onus on the voters

this also shd be pushed for (obviously only wd pass when Dems control White House & both Houses of Congress -- which hopefully they wd after an HONEST election this November) as part of a 'voter bill of rights' that shd be in the Dem platform

[warmfeet]

7. Very good news.

I hope everyone else has the same opportunity come November 3rd.

[LisaM]

9. THIS is why downticket races matter.

This would not have happened if Gretchen Whitmer and a Democratic AG had not been elected in 2018. Snyder was term-limited out, but under a Republican, the voter suppression that occurred in 2016 would have continued.

Interesting to see what will happen when people in Detroit and Flint don't have all the obstacles like broken voting machines to contend with.

[not_the_one]

10. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

needs to make SURE that a monitored possession of the ballots mailed is secure.

[iluvtennis]

11. Bravo!

[llmart]

12. Wonderful news!

This is what happens when people get out the vote like we did here in Michigan in the midterms. It was our own little blue wave and what a difference it has made already!

By the way, that guy in the picture is old enough to have voted via mail even prior to the new absentee rules.