An audit done by the state Auditor General into the Bureau of Elections found that 99.1% of voter information in the Qualified Voter File matches the information in the Drivers License File.

The Michigan Secretary of State is refuting a claim by the state’s Republicans over drop box security, labeling it as “election misinformation." On Wednesday, the Michigan GOP released a video which allegedly shows a man walk up to and open an unlocked ballot drop box in Lansing two weeks ago. The video appears to show an envelope in the box, which the GOP release claims is a ballot, but ballot envelopes are much larger. Michigan Department of State spokesperson Jake Rollow released a statement on behalf of the Secretary of State following the allegations. “Ballot drop boxes have been securely locked since ballots were available.

Michigan faced several challenges in processing the influx of absentee ballots in the August primary. Clerks can’t start processing absentee ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day under current law, but there is a push to allow that earlier. ”The state has received 2.1 million requests for absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election as of Tuesday, Rollow said. Just under 2.1 million ballots were requested for the August primary election. The day after the primary about 400,000 residents already had requested absentee ballots for November, Rollow said.