We’re officially 9 days away from Election Day but that hasn’t stopped voters from hitting the poll. On Saturday, early in-person voting kicked off across Michigan, and it got off to a big start with 145,174 Michiganders casting their votes.
The turnouts so far have been loud and true with early in-person voting, with citizens fully taking advantage of this new concept, that was put into place in 2022.
And the numbers after Saturday says enough when you compare it to the state wide results from February’s Primary Election.
| Michigan Early In-Person Voting Number s | Number of Voters: |
| Saturday, Feb. 17 (Day 1 of early in-person voting) | 6,587 |
| Sunday, Feb. 18 (Day 2 of early in-person voting) | 4,598 |
And the turnout is nice to see for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Benson sat down with our Fox 17 to discuss early voting numbers thus far.
“We had two statewide elections already, the presidential and August primary, where early voting was available,” said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. “Maybe, less than 100,000 total (voters), took advantage of it in either election.”