{"id":57191,"date":"2020-07-30T17:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T17:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/30\/to-ensure-votes-are-counted-michigan-sos-advises-voters-not-to-mail-back-absentee-ballots-the-last-week-before-election-day\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T17:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T17:40:25","slug":"to-ensure-votes-are-counted-michigan-sos-advises-voters-not-to-mail-back-absentee-ballots-the-last-week-before-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/30\/to-ensure-votes-are-counted-michigan-sos-advises-voters-not-to-mail-back-absentee-ballots-the-last-week-before-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"To Ensure Votes are Counted, Michigan SOS Advises Voters Not To Mail Back Absentee Ballots the Last Week Before Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4221-imgpsh_fullsize_anim.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the Detroit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/07\/28\/michigan-absentee-ballot-august-primary-election-voting\/5527220002\/\">Free Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Do you have a completed absentee ballot, but haven&rsquo;t put it in the mail yet? You need to act immediately &mdash; and probably avoid the mailbox altogether &mdash; if you want to ensure your vote is counted, said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Although the election is next Tuesday, Aug. 4, only those ballots received by the local clerk by the time polls close on Election Day will count. Problems or delays with the mail may prevent the clerk from receiving the ballot in time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&ldquo;This close to the primary, Michiganders should return their absentee ballots to their clerk&rsquo;s office directly, or submit them via their local ballot drop box, in order to ensure their vote is counted,&rdquo; Benson said in a news release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=113526\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/electionlawblog.org\/?p=113526<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Richard Pildes<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Richard Pildes<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4221-imgpsh_fullsize_anim.png\" alt=\"\">From the Detroit&nbsp;Free Press: Do you have a completed absentee ballot, but haven&rsquo;t put it in the mail yet? You need to act immediately &mdash; and probably avoid the mailbox altogether &mdash; if you want to ensure your vote is counted, said Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.&nbsp; Although the election is next Tuesday, Aug. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/30\/to-ensure-votes-are-counted-michigan-sos-advises-voters-not-to-mail-back-absentee-ballots-the-last-week-before-election-day\/\">Continue reading <span>To Ensure Votes are Counted, Michigan SOS Advises Voters Not To Mail Back Absentee Ballots the Last Week Before Election Day<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/30\/to-ensure-votes-are-counted-michigan-sos-advises-voters-not-to-mail-back-absentee-ballots-the-last-week-before-election-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>To Ensure Votes are Counted, Michigan SOS Advises Voters Not To Mail Back Absentee Ballots the Last Week Before Election Day - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/30\/to-ensure-votes-are-counted-michigan-sos-advises-voters-not-to-mail-back-absentee-ballots-the-last-week-before-election-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"To Ensure Votes are Counted, Michigan SOS Advises Voters Not To Mail Back Absentee Ballots the Last Week Before Election Day - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the Detroit&nbsp;Free Press: Do you have a completed absentee ballot, but haven&rsquo;t put it in the mail yet? 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