Record number of absentee ballots requested in key swing states.
Widespread concern about COVID-19 at polling places has some states making it easier to vote by mail.
More than 2 million requests have been received in Michigan, according to Jake Rollow, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of State. President Donald Trump, who has amplified baseless theories about the dangers of absentee voting, previously slammed the initiative, saying it was"done illegally," inaccurately claiming the state had mailed every voter a ballot instead of an application for one.
In this Monday, May 18, 2020, file photo, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, speaks in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. A bill that would allow Michigan clerks to start processing absentee ballots before Election Day is not dead, and the August primary legitimized concerns that officials won't be able to quickly handle a surge of mailed-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic, Shirkey said.
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