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Oct. 26, 1966
October 26, 1966
Courts rule evacuees permitted to vote
The Michigan Supreme Court voted 5-2 in favor of a measure to allow displaced voters to vote at their new addresses. The court affirmed that votes from residents who were evacuated from their homes need to be counted even if they no longer live in their home district. Ballots for Michigan's 2nd, 15th, and 16th districts will be available at polling stations near shelters in southeastern Michigan.
Voters displaced by the Fermi accident but currently living in Michigan can choose to vote for candidates in their home district or in the one that they currently live (including shelters). They will have until Friday, November 4 to complete and submit a new voter registration application to the county voter registrar in their new county of residence. Displaced voters who now reside outside of Michigan will be able to request an absentee ballot state of Michigan to vote by mail. [1]
[1] This is generally consistent with what happened with the evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Harvey: