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Election 2010
2:40 pm
Wed November 3, 2010

Top 5 Michigan counties for voter turnout (and the 5 worst)

Voter turnout map
Credit Lani Chisnell / Michigan Radio
The fuscia counties turned out to vote. The dark purple counties did not.

The Secretary of State's office has released unofficial voter turnout results for all the counties in Michigan (the State Board of Canvassers will make them official later this month).

  • The voters in Leelanau county scored the best turnout rate in the state at 61.60%
  • The voters in Cass county scored the worst turnout rate in the state at 35.74%

Here are the top 5:

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Election 2010
1:42 pm
Wed November 3, 2010

Voter turnout in Michigan lower than expected

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has finalized the language of the six ballot proposals that will appear on November ballots.
Not as many people vote in gubernatorial election years compared to Presidential election years.

Outgoing Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land had expected 52% of eligible voters to show up at the polls yesterday. The unofficial tally stands at 45% today.

The turnout results remain "unofficial" until they are certified by the Board of State Canvassers later this month.

Of the 7.28 million registered to vote, 3.3 million did so.

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Death of a candidate
1:03 pm
Mon October 18, 2010

Death of Robert Jones raises questions about election

Credit Photo from Jones campaign website
Michigan State Representative Robert Jones and friend

Michigan House Representative and current Democratic candidate for State Senate Robert Jones died this past weekend. He was 66 and being treated for esophogeal cancer, but officials at Kalamzoo's Democratic Party Headquarters say his death still came as a surprise.

Jones' death has raised several questions about the race for the State Senate seat in Michigan's 20th district (representing parts of Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties).

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