老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan Applauds Flint City Clerk for New Initiatives to Help Absentee Voters
DETROIT 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan applauds the Flint City Clerk for taking new steps that will help voters cast absentee ballots less than one week out from the August 4 primary election. Flint City Clerk Inez Brown鈥檚 initiatives follow Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson鈥檚 recommendations to voters statewide: drop your absentee ballots off in person at your local clerk鈥檚 office, or your clerk鈥檚 absentee drop box if available, rather than mailing them. This will guarantee that voters鈥� ballots are received by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Flint City Clerk Inez Brown announced on July 28 that she would be implementing two new strategies to help Flint voters exercise their right to vote:
- Deputizing citizens as election assistants to drive to voters鈥� homes to pick up absentee ballots from voters who are unable to drop their ballots off at this point before the election; and,
- Establishing four drop-off locations in the community, in addition to city hall, where voters can bring their completed ballots.
In addition, the clerk has installed an absentee ballot drop box with 24-hour access in front of city hall. And, pursuant to court order, the city clerk鈥檚 office will be open to the public every day, including on Saturday and Sunday, through the August 4 election.
As a reminder, registered Flint voters have the right to apply for, receive, and submit an absentee ballot in person at the city clerk鈥檚 office until Monday, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m., the day before the election. Voters who need to register to vote, or update their address, may do so in the clerk鈥檚 office until Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 8 p.m. Once registered, the voter can choose to vote by absentee ballot in the city clerk鈥檚 office or vote at their polling location.
Dan Korobkin, 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan legal director, has this reaction:
鈥淭he more accessible the ballot is to all voters, the stronger our democracy will be. We are grateful that Clerk Brown is taking these important steps to provide Flint voters with additional options to cast their absentee ballots between now and election day. Election officials must continually work to protect every citizen鈥檚 right to vote.鈥�
Earlier this month, registered Flint voters filed and won their lawsuit challenging the Flint City Clerk for failing to comply with the rights of absentee voters when her office was closed and not issuing absentee ballots in a timely manner leading up to the Aug. 4 election. The 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan, its cooperating attorneys in Flint, and Covington & Burling LLP filed the lawsuit, Barkey et al. v Brown et al., in Genesee County Circuit Court.
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