Early vote rally in Wausau. MWC photo by Mike Leischner
DETROIT, MI (WSAU) – The Secretary of State of Michigan is alerting voters that results from the critical state may be delayed while another critical Senate race is continuing to tighten.
According to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who spoke about the state’s voting counting process during an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” “In 2020, we had the results of our highest turnout election in Michigan history within 24 hours of the polls closing. The unofficial results were completed by 8 p.m. Wednesday, so we’re tracking that again this year,” and “We do have more options to process ballots sooner than Election Day, which is where we were restricted in 2020, so I’m optimistic we could see results even sooner, but I would estimate the end of the day on Wednesday as the best guess on how we’ll perform. But that said, we will always prioritize accurate accuracy and security over efficiency.”
Over a million voters have reportedly cast ballots in the state so far, and over two million more have sought an absentee ballot out of the nearly 8.5 million registered voters in The Great Lakes State.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate race in the critical state of Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick has moved to a toss-up, according to Cook Political. When asked about the change, McCormick said, “This is a change election, and I’m a change candidate.” This is not the first key Senate race that Cook Political has moved from lean Democratic to a toss-up. The outlet recently moved the race between incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde to a toss-up, signaling that both swing states will be close as several polls and models project.
As of Monday, the latest Five Thirty-Eight forecast has former President Trump and Vice President Harris tied in Michigan and Trump ahead by eight percentage points in Pennsylvania with the projection that Trump will win the election by an electoral vote count of 275 to 263. As for the latest Economist forecast, Trump trails Harris in Michigan by two percentage points, while he holds a strong sixteen percentage point lead in Pennsylvania with a projected overall victory of 276 to 262.
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