100 absentee ballots mysteriously disappeared in Michigan Portal professional

About 100 folks on Grand Rapids’ northwest facet have been confused after checking their mail and never discovering the absentee ballots they requested. The Grand Rapids Metropolis Clerk’s Workplace despatched out absentee ballots on Sept. 26.

Grand Rapids Metropolis Clerk Joel Hondorp mentioned it’s normal for some absentee ballots to get misplaced as a result of the U.S. Postal Service strikes so much. The town and the U.S. Postal Service are at present investigating the place these lacking ballots went.

The 100 individuals who known as the clerk’s workplace to report that that they had not acquired their absentee ballots had new ballots on the way in which and the outdated ones have been broken. These voters will be capable to inform which is the brand new poll if the quantity on the poll is bigger, and so they may name the clerk’s workplace to verify if it’s the appropriate poll. Hondop mentioned his workplace despatched out a complete of 32,000 absentee ballots for this election. Many of the 100 callers stay on the northwest facet of the town.

Hondorp mentioned one of the best ways for all voters to trace their absentee ballots is to verify the state’s voting web site. There you may observe when your poll was despatched and whether or not it was returned.

Grand Rapids clerk remails 100 absentee ballots to Northwest Aspect after unique ballots are misplaced pic.twitter.com/cRCk0oTBrE

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