Michigan absentee balloting up 19% so far compared to 2012

A total of 724,599 absentee ballots had been received by Michigan election clerks as of Monday morning, a 19 percent increase over 2012 at this point in the election cycle, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's office.

"We don't know if that means more people are voting overall this year or just more are voting earlier," said Fred Woodhams, spokesman for the office.

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