(Chelsea Update would like to thank Sylvan Township Clerk Kathleen Kennedy for the information in this story.)
When voters take to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 2, please keep in mind the following information.
- This is a primary election and voters are only allowed to vote for either Republican Party candidates or Democrat Party candidates – but not both.
- If you vote for a Republican candidate and a Democrat candidate, even in different races, your ballot will be “over voted”.
- If you do this in the precinct, the tabulator will reject the ballot and you will have a chance to correct the situation.
- If your absentee ballot is over voted, the tabulator will reject your ballot and there is no way to correct that situation.
- If you have already voted absentee and know you over voted your ballot, you can contact your local clerk to have your ballot “spoiled” and be issued a new ballot.
- Also, as you may have heard, a USPS trailer caught fire in I-94 at the end of last week. It is unlikely that ballots were on the trailer because, per the USPS, they are over-sized and go to Pontiac instead of Detroit. However, there may have been applications on board.
- I would like to remind absentee voters that if they mailed in an Application for Absentee Ballot, they may want to check with their local clerk that it was received.
