CARRIED THE STATE LAST YEAR
HEADING INTO 2022.
THE COVID PANDEMIC RULE
PUSHED THAT VOTING
ALTERNATIVE TO THE FOREFRONT
IN 2020 NOW REMAIN TRACKING
TRENDS ON SEE IF THEY’RE TO
SEE WHERE THINGS STAND I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
I’M IN NO A LOT OF THE
ELECTION CLERK ARE TELLING ME TODAY THAT WILL NOT
ME TODAY THAT WILL NOT
REALLY BE WHEN IT COMES TO
ABSENTEE BALLOTS I MEAN
AFTER THIS LAST ELECTION I’M
NOT SURE BECAUSE IT JUST
SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS SO MUCH
CONFUSION AND CHAOS BUT I
MEAN I FELT FINE WITH IT
THAT’S THE ROUTE I CHOSE.
TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ACTUALLY,
AND I HAVE VOTED ABSENTEE IN
THE PAST.
IT JUST TO HAPPENS THAT I’M
IN TOWN THIS TOWN THIS TIME
AND CONVENIENT.
>> FOR POLITICAL REASONS
MANY POLITICIANS HAVE TRIED
TO CONVINCE THE ELECTORATE
THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE
NOT A SAFE AND SECURE WAY TO
VOTE.
SO FOR MANY CLERKS WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THE ABSENTEE
BALLOT RETURN RATE COULD BE
AN INDICATOR OF TRUST OR LACK OF TRUST IN OUR VOTING % -
>> WE DIDN’T -- YOU SEE % -
>> WE DIDN’T -- YOU SEE
WHAT’S GOING ON.
>> AS OF THIS MORNING IN
LIVONIA CITY CLERK SUSAN
NASH WAS REPORTING A 75%
RETURN ON ABSENTEE BALLOTS
BUT THAT NUMBER IS DOWN
THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE SHE’S
SEEING TRENDING.
WE ARE ALSO GETTING SOME
THAT REQUESTED AN ABSENTEE
BALLOT.
THEY RECEIVED THEIR ABSENTEE
BALLOT, THEY HAVE NOT
RETURNED THEIR ABSENTEE
BALLOT THEY ARE NOW
SURRENDERING THEM AT THE
POLLS SO THEY CAN VOTE IN
PERSON.
>> 89% OF DEMOCRATS PROPERLY COUNTED ONLY 41% OF
COUNTED ONLY 41% OF
REPUBLICANS SHARE THAT VIEW.
ELLEN I’M SITTING IN MY CAR
WE ARE GOING FROM PRECINCT
TO PRECINCT.
>> BOTH LIVONIA BOTH VOTED
FOR OBAMA TWICE, AND THEN
VOTED FOR BIDEN IN 2020.
BOTH ARE PRETTY GOOD
BELLWETHER FOR PICKING
PRESIDENTS AND SHOWING THE
PULSE OF VOTERS.
SO WHILE MORE ABSENTEE
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED
AND RETURNED THE PERCENTAGES
ARE DOWN.
I THINK OUR TASK IS TRYING
TO CONVINCE VOTERS AND
ASSURE THEM THAT THEY CAN
TRUST THE SYSTEM.
THEY TRUSTED IT BEFORE THE
2020 ELECTION UNTIL I SAY
THE FALSE NARRATIVE WAS OUT
THERE.
>> Reporter: SO YOU KNOW
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO
GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT
IN TERMS OF MESSAGING FOR
THE NEXT ELECTION.
THEY REALLY WANT TO GET A
SENSE OF WHO’S TRUSTING
ABSENTEE BALLOTS WHICH
ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN PROVEN
TO BE SAFE AND SECURE.
KAREN, I ALSO WANT TO DO A
BIT OF A CLARIFICATION.
YOU WILL SCRATCH YOUR HEAD
ON THIS ONE.
I DID SPEAK TO THE LIVONIA
CLERK TODAY AS YOU SAW IN MY
PIECE.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT IT’S
NOT SEVEN SEATS UP FOR GRABS
TONIGHT.
IT’S REALLY ONLY FOUR BUT A
FORMULA THAT I THINK YOU
HAVE TO LIVE IN LIVONIA TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT’S THE TOP
VOTE-GETTERS WHO WILL GET
THOSE FOUR SPOTS AND IT
DETERMINES HOW LONG THEY ARE
IN OFFICE.
BUT THERE’S NOT A CHANCE OF
A COMPLETE TURN AROUND IT’S
REALLY ONLY FOUR SEATS THAT
ARE UP FOR GRABS.
SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND GO HUH
BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE THAT
CLARIFICATION.
MORE REASON TO GET OUT AND
VOTE TONIGHT.
>> WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE
THE CLARIFICATION ALL THE
MORE REASON WHY YOU ARE OUT
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND
EXPLAINING IT SO WE