Early Voting County Wide Meeting

The 9 days of early voting is creating mass confusion, panic, and headaches for clerks throughout the State.  Each County is trying to figure out the best course of action to handle the situation with the logistics involved to comply legally.  Manistee County Clerks will be holding a meeting the week of 9/4/2023, with election specialists, election vendors, County personnel, etc to try and get a better understanding and a plan moving forward.  Clerks have numerous unanswered questions.  It is unfortunate that taxpayer money will pay for communities under 3,000 residents to participate in this.  Currently, clerks are trying to find ways to save each entity money by combining precincts.  Potential contracts being signed for combined precincts, as 9 days of election workers is the biggest struggle for everyone.  Stay tuned for more information as it develops.