MIRS Monday, July 9, 2018

For thousands of Michigan voters, the primary election is already over. Close to 30 percent of everyone who is going to vote in the primary elections will do so with an absentee ballot, an increase from the roughly 22 percent who did so in 2002, according to Mark Grebner of Practical Political Consultants. Grebner talks about the rise of absentee voting and how that is impacting political campaigns. He also goes into his process of polling on statewide ballot questions.

Who won the Republican U.S. Senate debate on Friday? The MIRS duo of editor Kyle Melinn and correspondent Jack Spencer share their opinions on that, the impact of a possible independent candidate in the Attorney General's race and where the state Supreme Court will land on the redistricting ballot proposal, Voters Not Politicians.