Low Voter Turnout in Wyandotte

Wyandotte City Clerk William Griggs said voter turnout has been "poor" today.

At 4:30 p.m., about 2,200 of the city's 19,127 registered voters have cast a ballot, or slightly less than 12 percent.

Griggs earlier estimated that voter turnout would be between 18 percent and 20 percent, but now said he doubts it will rise that much in the last three-and-a-half hours before the polls close at 8 p.m.

"I think it's just a reflection of the public's attitude of government at that level," he said. "It's so fragmented that people don't even want to bother going out to vote."

Wyandotte's Dawn Kowalczik is an exception, however, and was out Tuesday morning casting a vote for President Barack Obama. The yoga instructor said she hopes to see Michigan turn into a blue state during this election cycle.

While the Democratic slate is already locked in with Obama at the top, Kowalczik said, she values the right to vote.

"I feel strongly about having a Democrat head this country," she said.