Over 1 million voters have cast absentee ballots in battleground Michigan

Michigan Early Voting

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says 1,147,041 Michigan voters have returned their completed absentee ballot to be counted as of Tuesday, Oct. 22. (MLive File Photo)Joel Bissell | MLive.com

More than 1 million Michigan voters have cast their ballots with only two weeks left until the November general election.

In total, nearly 16 percent of the state’s active registered voters – or roughly 1.1 million people – have completed and returned an absentee ballot as of Tuesday, Oct. 22.

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