Early voting in Michigan reaches 3.2 million before Election Day

(FOX2) – With more than 3.2 million people casting ballots, nearly half of Michigan’s registered voters have participated in the 2024 presidential campaign — and Election Day hasn’t even arrived yet.

In a sign that Michigan has embraced its early voting options in the first year it was offered, 1.2 million people took advantage of the option during the time it was offered. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will discuss the election at noon in the live player above.

The bulk of early voting occurred on the final day, with 189,442 people voting on Sunday, according to the Michigan Voting Dashboard. That follows four consecutive days of increasing early voting shares.

Nowhere is that energy more evident than in Detroit, where voting was offered for fourteen days. Seven consecutive days of increasing early voting ended with 6,931 votes on Sunday. A total of 42,870 Detroiters voted early.

The municipal secretary had expected it approximately 53% of the city’s registered voters turn out to vote. So far, about 32% have done so.