clerks

Just one week until Michigan’s primary election day and county clerks’ offices are busy taking in absentee and early ballots.

Spokesperson John Helmholdt joins in to talk about the event.

Michigan's Secretary of State spent the day in West Michigan, working on emergency election scenarios with clerks and law enforcement ahead of fall elections.

City leaders seek amendments making clerk full-time and elected positions nonpartisan.

As of mid-day Sunday, nearly 70% of the county’s requested absentee ballots had been returned. That’s a lower return rate compared to that point before the election four years ago.