A record 5.2 million Michigan voters cast their ballots this year, beating the previous record of 5 million set in 2008 when former President Barack Obama won the state.
Statewide, the margin between Peters and James was much closer throughout the vote counting process.
After two days of vote counting, Joe Biden is projected to win Michigan's 16 electoral votes.
Multiple Democratic candidates won Ingham County, with a high number of absentee votes across the board.
Currently, 96% of votes have been reported in Michigan, a swing state. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is leading at 49.5%; however, Trump is close behind at 48.9%, according to the Associated Press unofficial results.
Ballots for the Nov. 3, 2020 election are still being counted in Michigan.
In total across the three districts, Slotkin holds 221,133 votes. Junge currently holds 203,662.
Senior Anthony Hines Jr. and junior Ryan Thomas, members of MSU’s Omega Psi Phi, camped outside of the clerk’s office, handing out water bottles to those waiting in line and encouraging others to vote.
Election Day looked drastically different this year for in-person voters. The State News' photojournalists captured moments to show what voting on the historic day looked like.
Nov. 3 election results as they come in, but remember to be patient.
Tuesday’s visit marked one of the congresswoman’s final stops of her four-day Get-Out-the-Vote initiative, in which she visited areas such as Lansing, Brighton and the coffee shops of downtown East Lansing to encourage residents to vote.
Michigan residents have reported receiving robocalls containing harmful misinformation on election day, similar to calls received by voters over the summer
“Vote, please vote,” Vail said. “No matter which side of that you are on, science says that social distancing, trying not to be in large indoor crowds, wearing masks if you are in those indoor areas as well, face coverings as well as maintaining that social distancing is going to mitigate risks to a large extent.”
Less than two hours before polls close for the Nov. 3 election, local precincts report steady voter turnout rates throughout the day.
"I'm ready for a United States where the president doesn't make news every two minutes because of his Twitter feed," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said.
The order requires USPS to identify incoming ballots and use extraordinary measures, such as Priority Mail Express, to deliver them by 8 p.m.
People still flocked to the polls in some spots near the campus of Michigan State. It wasn’t nearly what's normally seen in a presidential election year, but it was still surprising.
According to Director of Media Relations Tracy Wimmer, the statewide same-day registrations have now increased to 18,822 as of 4:30 p.m. from the 12,530 same-day voter registrations reported two hours ago. The number of ballots returned as of 4:30 p.m. is 3.2 million.
Candidates Gary Peters and John James fight in a tight race for the Michigan U.S. Senate seat.
Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson held a press conference on Nov. 2 to discuss her expectations for the Nov. 3 presidential election.