Michigan Homeowner Says Ballot Applications Keep Arriving for Former Resident. Is It a Sign of a Bigger Problem?
Milford Township resident says absentee ballot applications continue arriving for a former resident despite efforts to report the issue.
MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — When Russ checked his mailbox recently, he found something that immediately caught his attention.
It wasn’t addressed to him.
It wasn’t addressed to his wife.
Instead, it was an application for an absentee voter ballot sent to someone who no longer lives at his home.
Russ, who lives in Milford Township, says he and his wife purchased their condominium about two years ago. Yet election-related mail continues arriving for previous residents.
Most recently, he received an absentee ballot application addressed to a former resident he believes now lives in Florida.
“It’s probably a previous resident of the home that we bought two years ago,” Russ said.
According to Russ, it wasn’t the first time.
“We got this last year also,” he said. “Two times for two different people.”
Concerned, Russ said his wife attempted to have the issue corrected.
“My wife went to the clerk’s office,” he said. “They said they couldn’t do anything about it.”
For Russ, that response raised even more questions.
