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Copper Country residents have been requesting absentee ballots in astounding record numbers. Figures released yesterday by the Michigan Secretary of State’s office compared requests received through Monday with requests received at the equivalent time in the 2016 presidential election.
• In Houghton County, 6,558 requests have been processed this year, compared to 1,104 in 2016 – a nearly 600 percent increase.
• In Keweenaw County, 552 requests have been received this year, compared to 124 in 2016 – a nearly 450 percent increase.
• In Ontonagon County, 1,547 requests have come in this year, compared to 419 four years ago – a 370 percent increase.
• In Baraga County, 1,434 requests have been processed this year, compared to just 34 in 2016 – a 4,200 percent increase.
Statewide, more than 2.3 million absentee ballot requests have been submitted for the November election.
