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Michigan officials outline election security measures at primary polling locations

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LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - As Michigan voters hit the polls Tuesday for the primary election across the state, election safety and security are at the top of mind for many.

News 10 Lansing spoke with Michigan Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie about the safety measures in place to protect voting ahead of the election.

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Edevbie said the state is working with local clerks to establish security protocols and ensure elections are conducted safely.

“Our polling locations are safe and secure,” Edevbie said. “We have been working with all of our clerks across the state of Michigan, all 1,600, to put in place good safety protocols, and we’re ready to go.”

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Election monitors in Michigan

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent federal officials to monitor polling sites in four Michigan cities on Tuesday to “ensure transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal law.”

The department’s Civil Rights Division has monitors in Lansing, East Lansing, Detroit and Hamtramck on Tuesday. The decision to send monitors to the state was announced in early July.

The DOJ says the initiative is aimed at “promoting transparency and an open flow of communication between poll observers and election monitors.”

“The Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section enforces various federal statutes that protect the right to vote, including the Voting Rights Act, National Voter Registration Act, Help America Vote Act, Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Civil Rights Acts,” the department said in a press release Tuesday morning.

Edevbie told News 10 monitoring elections is “standard.”

“Anybody who is a member of the public can go and witness the election. So of course we welcome them here. We want it to be done in a way that respects the rule of law and that’s what we’re gonna have happen,” Edevbie said.

Edevbie said officials are expecting shorter lines on primary election day, as more than 1.2 million Michigan voters had already cast their ballots prior to Tuesday.

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