LANSING, Mich. — State leaders have reached a deal to allow the preprocessing of absentee ballots starting two days before the Nov. 8 election in large communities, according to the chairwoman of the House Elections and Ethics Committee.
The deal between the GOP-led House and Senate and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would also involve the passage of laws tightening security around ballot drop boxes and changing the way dead voters are removed from voting rolls ahead of the Nov. 8 election, said state Rep. Ann Bollin, R-Brighton.
Other provisions to be implemented after the November election would allow overseas military members to submit their absentee ballots electronically and expand the types of locations that could be used as polling locations.
