Wed Sep 30, 2020, 02:56 PM

Just received my Mail-in Ballot

It took 6 days to arrive here in the U.K. mailed from Birmingham, MI.

Curious if there are other Michigan ExPats voting from overseas and what postal lead-time they have seen so far.

Filling out my ballot tonight and then off to the Royal Mail tomorrow!

6 replies, 1212 views

Thread info Bookmark this thread Trash this thread

Reply to this thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

6 replies	Author	Time	Post
Just received my Mail-in Ballot (Original post)	Layzeebeaver	Sep 2020	OP
Yay! Hi, fellow Michigander! Get it in the mail ASAP because USPS has dismantled sorting	catbyte	Sep 2020	#1
That's that plan!	Layzeebeaver	Sep 2020	#2
I haven't received mine yet today and the mail has been delivered.	llmart	Sep 2020	#3
Have a friend who lives in Antrim county, Michigan	tiredtoo	Sep 2020	#4
Just heard from my daughter who is in Oakland County...	llmart	Sep 2020	#5
Received my ballot today.	llmart	Oct 2020	#6

Response to Layzeebeaver (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 03:05 PM

catbyte (32,424 posts)

1. Yay! Hi, fellow Michigander! Get it in the mail ASAP because USPS has dismantled sorting

machines in the Detroit area and Grand Rapids. I live in Lansing and it took 4 days for my ballot to get from the Lansing Township Office to my place, which are 3.9 miles apart. They closed down the Lansing Post Office a few years ago so even mail within Lansing has to go to Grand Rapids first to be sorted. Our State Capitol doesn't even have a real post office anymore. You can check online if your ballot was received by going to https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/

I dropped off my ballot on Sunday the 27th and it showed up online as having been received on Monday the 28th.

Reply to this post

Response to catbyte (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 03:11 PM

Layzeebeaver (1,316 posts)

2. That's that plan!

Express delivery, tracked, signed, etc.

Last election my ballot was sidelined in Chicago for 3 weeks and missed the deadline.

Reply to this post

Response to Layzeebeaver (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 04:20 PM

llmart (14,507 posts)

3. I haven't received mine yet today and the mail has been delivered.

I live a half mile from the township hall and it shouldn't take 7 days to get here. I'm keeping my eye on this since all of our township people are GOP. Our clerk screwed up my last request for the August primary, so I don't trust her.

Reply to this post

Response to llmart (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 10:30 PM

tiredtoo (2,758 posts)