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Kid Berwyn

(14,869 posts)
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:24 AM Nov 2020

Michigan has 3.26 million absentee ballots to count.

Huge absentee vote count underway in Michigan as Biden, Trump grab other states

Todd Spangler
Detroit Free Press, Nov. 3, 2020

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But in one of the most widely anticipated elections in U.S. history, eyes were squarely on a string of key battleground states, including Michigan, where, as of 12:50 a.m., Trump led 54%-44% with about 59% the expected vote total counted and thousands of votes from Detroit yet to be tallied. And with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson predicting turnout would likely top 5.26 million — the most in state history — it means the still-untallied votes could result in a huge swing, especially with the majority of the 3.26 million absentee votes cast in the state expected to be more favorable to Biden.

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But Biden was projected to win Minnesota, a state Trump hoped to turn, and with 75% of the vote in, Biden was ahead 53%-46% in Arizona, a state Trump won four years ago. And while Trump held leads in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, they were in the same place as Michigan with large numbers of absentee ballots, expected to be more generally favorable to Biden, yet to be counted.

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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/03/donald-trump-joe-biden-michigan-results/6127207002/
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Michigan has 3.26 million absentee ballots to count. (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 OP
Bodes well for Peters too I hope. nt cry baby Nov 2020 #1
Absolutely. Most of those are Dems, including me, who voted absentee. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #2

Kid Berwyn

(14,869 posts)
2. Absolutely. Most of those are Dems, including me, who voted absentee.
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:35 AM
Nov 2020

We hand delivered our votes to the city clerk or mailed them in weeks ago.

No one who can think wants to catch the Covid or miss seeing Gary Peters in the US Senate.

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