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election. Read more coverage by and . In a morning press conference outside a polling station in Detroit, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said the state is on track to break voter turnout records this year.
According to Benson, 45.8 per cent of registered active voters, or 3.3 million people, had either voted early or mailed in a ballot ahead of Election Day.
In 2020, the state saw a 70 per cent turnout rate, with 5.5 million people voting in total. Minnesota Gov.
Tim Walz told reporters Tuesday that his experience as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate “restored” his faith in the nation. “This is truly a remarkable thing we do every four years,” he said in a conversation with reporters outside his campaign plane. “It’s democracy.
It’s messy. It’s beautiful. It’s the people.
” “My faith in this country has been so restored,” he added. Walz said he had not talked with Harris on Election Day but projected confidence that they would prevail over former president Donald Trump. “I just can’t describe the difference in the vibe that is out there with folks and how hungry they are for something different,” he said.
Asked about the measure, which would keep the state’s six-week restriction in place, he avoided answering by simply saying he’d don.
