As Election Day and the voting period approaches, some voters may be in need of an absentee ballot this election year.

Supervisor Caroline Fawkes reminds all voters that if any elector who requested an Absentee Mailed Ballot by the Oct. 14th deadline and has not received the ballot by Friday, Oct. 25, that person should please contact his/her respective Elections System Office at 774-3107 on St. Thomas or 773-1021 on St. Croix.

Nearly 2.3 million absentee ballots have been requested by voters in Michigan ahead of the general election in November.

To be counted, absentee ballots sent from within the United States must be received by local clerks no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 5.

Mail-in and absentee ballots are due by 8 p.m. on Election Day, the same time the polls close. Here's where to return ballots in Monroe County.

Election Day is less than two weeks away and early voting will be open across the entire state as of Saturday. Here's our guide to navigating federal and local races as Nov. 5 nears. Why it matters: Michigan is a crucial battleground state in the presidential election.

More than 1 million Michigan voters have cast their ballots with only two weeks left until the November general election. In total, nearly 16 percent of the state’s active registered voters – or roughly 1.