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Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:10 PM Oct 2020

How an Upper Michigan city plans on handling absentee ballots

"Marquette city clerk, Kyle Whitney, says about 40 percent of the city has already turned in absentee ballots.

The counting will begin Tuesday at 7 a.m. Whitney says there will be 12 volunteers running ballots between four different tabulators.

No one will be allowed to leave the counting room once counting begins."

and the good news:

"Whitney said there will be no ‘election week’ in Marquette and ballots should all be counted by the end of election night."

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2020/10/31/city-clerk-offices-gear-up-for-absentee-ballot-counting/

Marquette is the largest city in Marquette county which is the largest county in Upper Michigan. Obama won the county in 2008 and 2012 and Hillary won it in 2016.

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How an Upper Michigan city plans on handling absentee ballots (Original Post) Kaleva Oct 2020 OP
According to the poll aggregator for the Economist this will be the case in most of the swing states Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #1
No bathroom breaks? Aiyeee! soothsayer Oct 2020 #2
No job for me as I've been afflicted with chronic diarrhea for the past 3 years. Kaleva Oct 2020 #3
Ewwwww soothsayer Oct 2020 #5
Marquette may be a blue area GusBob Oct 2020 #4
They might want to start with Wayne first Rice4VP Oct 2020 #6
A strong win by Biden in Marquette can negate wins by Trump in surrounding counties. Kaleva Oct 2020 #7

Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
3. No job for me as I've been afflicted with chronic diarrhea for the past 3 years.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:17 PM
Oct 2020

I'd give new meaning to the term "spoiled ballots".

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
4. Marquette may be a blue area
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:18 PM
Oct 2020

But the rest of the UP with the exception of the Indian Reservations is hard core Trump if I recall correctly

Fortunately it is sparsely populated

Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)
6. They might want to start with Wayne first
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:20 PM
Oct 2020

556,000+ ballots were requested there.

Marquette only had 21,000 requests

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