NEW: Michigan expects delays in reporting the results of its primary election today due to the huge backlog of absentee votes.
Michigan expects delays in reporting the results of its primary due to the huge backlog of absentee votes.
But under Michigan law, absentee ballots can't even be opened until Election Day morning, leading to fears of long delays before precincts can produce a final count. "Current state law hasn't really caught up," said Jake Rollow, a spokesperson for Benson's office. The area in front of polling places is typically busy and colorful on primary election day, as volunteers post signs and banners for their favorite candidates and greet voters with flyers in hopes of winning last-minute support.
It was quiet outside some polling places in Detroit, like this one at Bunche Preparatory Academy on the city's east side.An NBC reporter visited six polling places on the east side of Detroit on Tuesday morning and saw just one person outside of one of them — and she was working for a data company conducting an exit poll.
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