Clerk Recommends Voting Early, If You're Eligible

(Originally posted Oct. 24, 2016) ST CLAIR SHORES, MI – If you're one of the lucky few who is eligible to vote early in Michigan, it's time to get a move on. The election is two weeks away and local officials are advising voters about long lines at the polls, encouraging absentee voting for those who qualify.

There are six valid reasons why a person may request an absentee ballot in Michigan:

• If the voter is 60 years or older.
• If the voter expects to be away from the community where registered on Election Day.
• If the voter cannot physically attend the polls without the assistance of another.
• If the voter’s religion prevents the voter from attending the polls.
• If the voter is an election precinct inspector in a precinct other than where the voter resides.
• If the voter is in jail awaiting arraignment or trial.
• If the voter is in the military or a college student away from where registered.

“If they qualify, I think Nov. 8 there are going to be lines because it’s every eight years that we get huge lines at the polls,” St. Clair Shores City Clerk Mary Kotowski told the St. Clair Shores Sentinel. “This is the election where people come out who don’t normally vote.”

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