Live stream: Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson holds pre-election news briefing

DETROIT – Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is holding a stay information convention Thursday morning forward of the final election on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Watch stay at 11 a.m. within the video participant above.

Benson is anticipated to share election info with lower than one week till Election Day. On Nov. 8, Michigan voters can be deciding the state’s subsequent governor, secretary of state and lawyer common, amongst different native races.

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Voting in Michigan has been underway for weeks with absentee voting and early in-person voting. In keeping with Benson’s workplace, as of Tuesday, greater than 1.1 million absentee ballots had already been returned forward of Election Day. Practically two million absentee ballots had been requested as of that point.

The convention comes as folks ballot staff in Michigan specific issues about how some election staff have been skilled to disobey election legal guidelines in the event that they really feel election integrity is in “jeopardy.” Such points have been frequent for the reason that 2020 election, when former President Donald Trump and his supporters falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election was stolen when now-President Joe Biden received.

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