More than a million Michiganders voted early in person. Here's what we know about them.
Older voters were the most likely to take advantage of Michigan’s expanded early in-person voting option in the November general election.
Nearly 1 in 3 early voters was age 60 or older, according to the Michigan Department of State, and more than half of early voters were at least 51 years old. That well outpaces the percentage of Michigan residents who are in that age group — Census data shows about 37.8% of Michiganians are in that age range.
But the state’s early voting options proved popular across other age groups as well. Nearly 60% of Michigan’s November voters cast ballots before the sun even rose on Election Day, state data show, a sign the state’s residents are embracing expanded access to different ways to vote.
This was the first general election where voters across Michigan had the opportunity to vote in person at designated polling places for at least nine days before election day, following implementation of 2022’s Proposal 2.
Jeanne Welch, now 70, voted early at Midland’s Dow Memorial Library in October. Warm weather made it easier to wait in a line that — despite moving quickly — stretched out the door. She told Votebeat that she thought voting early in person was the best way to do it.
Continued at: https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2025/01/06/early-voting-data-november-2024-absentee/