LANSING, Mich. — Check your mailboxes! Absentee ballots are ready to be mailed out for the Lansing city primary election.
Volunteers and city clerk staff are preparing more than 6,000 absentee ballots so people can vote in Lansing, wherever they may be.
Mary Jackson has been volunteering for 12 years. She says sendingout absentee ballots are important.
“There's many older people like me, that can't get out to the polls to vote, and they need to and they want to vote but they can't get out. And by sending absentee ballots in to the people. It really helps," Jackson said.
Residents will be mailed ballots as a part of Michigan's new permanent mail ballot list.
All Michiganders who sign up for the permanent mail ballot list will automatically be mailed a ballot as long as they are registered to vote in Michigan.
The process of getting these absentee ballots ready to be mailed out is pretty simple. Swope says the data has already been entered into the computer system and labels have been printed off.
“Volunteers who are basically assembling the package to go to the voters so they have to label the envelopes. Match it up with the correct ballot number inserted into a Secrecy Sleeve,” Swope said.
Ballots are expecting to be mailed out this Thursday. Voters can also head to the South Washington Office Complex or Lansing City Hall to pick up an absentee ballot in person.
Thursday also kicks off when people can start voting.
“We will be open here at 2500 S Washington for people to walk in in person and pick up their absentee ballot as well as our Office of City Hall," Swope said.
Remember, ballots have to be returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.
And if you would like to lend a helping hand they are always looking forvolunteers.
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