Clerk Gives Voting Advice

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The Berrien County Clerk’s Office is hard at work preparing for Tuesday’s elections. Clerk Sharon Tyler tells us voters will want to give themselves more time to cast their ballots due to the loss of straight ticket voting and high turnout. She says the county has new election equipment to make things smoother, and the ballots are a bit different.

“If you did not vote in the primary, we are now coloring in ovals,” Tyler said. “we are not connecting the lines.”

Tyler recommends checking Michigan.gov/Vote to see an example ballot. She says the absentee ballots have been flooding in.

“This is very similar to the presidential election,” Tyler said. “I’m very excited. You like to see people out there doing their given right and having that opportunity on their issues and on their candidates and so I’m very proud of the people of Berrien County.”

Tyler says you’ll need to bring identification to the polling place, but if you don’t have any, you can just sign a document confirming your identity. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. and Tyler says even if you show up at the last minute, you’ll still get to vote. You can follow the results as they come in at BerrienCounty.org.