Detroit election officials reported a smooth voting process Tuesday during the gubernatorial primary, with all polling locations opening on time and no major issues preventing voters from casting ballots.

As a 10-year-old, Daniel Baxter didn’t fully grasp the level of history that lies inside 2905 Garland St. on Detroit’s southeast side.

Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey is estimating upwards of 290,000 Detroiters will vote during the general election.

Absentee ballot requests are up substantially since 2018. Currently, 1.6 million absentee ballot requests have been made, and 432,906 have already been returned.

In this segment of our History 4 All special, Local 4′s Kimberly Gill and Devin Scillian visit with Daniel Baxter, founder of the Dr. Ossian Sweet Foundation, at the Ossian H. Sweet House in Detroit to learn more about the history of the famed Black physician.