DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit opened in-person early voting for the Nov. 3 general election with its busiest first day yet, as 2,305 residents cast ballots Saturday across the city’s eight early voting centers.
That count tops the opening-day mark from the 2024 presidential cycle, when 1,897 ballots were cast on the first day, according to City Clerk Janice M. Winfrey and the city Department of Elections.
Winfrey tied the early surge to household costs, saying residents feel the pinch of higher grocery and gas prices and are taking those worries to the ballot box rather than waiting to be urged.
The city marked the kickoff at the Northwest Activities Center, picked because the District Two site drew the highest participation in the primary. Organizers brought in a petting zoo, bounce houses and food trucks there, part of an effort to draw voters ages 18 to 40.
The clerk said the city is aiming for 10,000 voters across all of its early vote centers. Early voting runs through Sunday, Nov. 1, two days before Election Day.
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