The city clerk for Michigan's third largest city, Warren, is in the process of securing another ballot tabulator after opting out of utilizing a new state law that allows for pre-processing of absentee ballots before Election Day. Sonja Buffa, who has been overseeing elections in Warren for 24 years, recently requested funds to purchase an additional high-speed scanner and tabulator for the city.
Michigan introduced several new voting measures in 2022 to facilitate early voting and expedite ballot processing. One of these measures permits cities or townships with a population of at least 5,000 to process and tabulate absentee ballots eight days prior to Election Day.
