Over 10,000 Mail-In Ballots Rejected in Michigan Primary Election

Election worker Demario Thurmond collects a sealed ballot curbside outside of the City of Detroit Department of Elections during the Michigan Primary Election in Detroit on Aug. 4, 2020. Brittany Greeson/Getty Images

More than 10,000 ballots mailed in to election officials in Michigan will not be counted, primarily because they arrived late.

Of the approximately 10,600 rejected absentee ballots, 6,405 weren’t counted because they arrived late, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, announced on Aug. 14.