The August Primary is on Tuesday, August 2 and several changes are in place due to redistricting FOX 2 Detroit reported. In the city, Clerk Janice Winfrey said the voting precincts would shrink from about 500 to 450.
“Every voter, every Detroit voter was impacted by the redistricting, either their legislative district, or their poling place or precinct changed,” said Winfrey in the article.
Registered voters in Detroit received a new voter ID card; the city is also anticipating a 12 to 17 percent turnout for the Tuesday primary. According to the article, the city will also expect to count roughly 40,000 absentee ballots — the same number of voters are going to head to the polls.
“I think the adage is practice makes perfect,” said Daniel Baxter, Detroit director of elections in the article. “While every election is important, each gives us an opportunity to perfect our practices.”
Election officials are also increasing security at precincts and the Central Counting Board, according to the article.
“I was threatened, half my staff was threatened for doing our jobs,” Winfrey said in the article. “That’s why we beefed up security. … We’ve hired additional police officers that’ll be down here, 20 will be in this facility. Everybody has to go through a metal detector.”
More than 3,000 poll workers received training and were assigned to work the election. The clerk noted over 800 Republicans asked about working and election officials noted they reached out to them, according to the article. Hundreds were trained and will go to work.
“That’s why it’s important for us to engage everyone who is interested in working the process,” Winfrey said.
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