HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Voters went to the polls across much of Michigan on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) for the first time since the fateful November 3, 2020 general election.
While visible turnout appeared to be similar to that of other First Tuesday in May elections, in which mostly local school bond and millage proposals were on the ballot, and not all municipalities staged elections, it appeared to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson that absentee submissions were higher in the various precincts she visited in suburban Detroit, Kalamazoo, Holland, suburban Lansing and Flint. Was it a true test of the state’s election system in the wake of what happened last fall?
“I think that every election is an opportunity for us to continue to test and improve our procedures,” Benson told reporters outside of Holland City Hall on Tuesday. “(It’s) to ensure that our elections are secure, that voters have faith in the process, and that voters know their options on how to vote. That’s what I have seen today as I have gone throughout the state.”
Benson added that she’s supportive of legislative efforts to consolidate the May and August election windows to one in June, saying that this is something that local clerks told her would be a more efficient way of conducting elections.
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