OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Elections across Michigan are set to be handled differently in the coming cycle after voters approved mandatory early voting options last year.

In Ottawa County, officials are moving to put $769,094 into a new early voting plan spanning the next two years that would allow voters in the county to vote at one of four early voting sites.

OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 22, 2024) – It hasn’t been as if it’s a duck taking to water, but early voting in Michigan has apparently gone well thus far.

Through the first four days of the nine-day window in which electors can go to specified locations to cast ballots in the Presidential Preference Primary, the Secretary of State’s office said that over 28,000 took advantage of this option created by passage of Proposal 2 15 months ago.

It’s likely municipalities in Ottawa County will partner for early voting in 2024, after an agreement received unanimous approval from the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

The agreement passed with a handful of amendments…

During the 2020 presidential election, we saw allegations of widespread voter fraud, but all of them were proven wrong. The demand for secure, accurate and transparent elections remains.

That’s why in Ottawa County, the process of testing voting equipment is made public as we prepare for a possible presidential rematch and contentious local races…

OTTAWA COUNTY — Ottawa County could partner with clerks in local cities and townships to implement early voting days added to the state constitution last November.

County Clerk Justin Roebuck presented an agreement to the finance and administration committee of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Through it, entities will partner to establish four early voting centers where residents can take advantage of nine days of early voting.

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to pass the county’s Early Voting Agreement. The vote came around 12:30am Wednesday morning, six hours after the meeting began. During the three-plus hours of public comment, many residents also spoke in support of the plan.

Two weeks ago, the Board of Commissioners delayed the vote after Chairman Joe Moss said he had a number of questions about the plan that he wanted to square up before a vote…

OTTAWA COUNTY — The Ottawa County Clerk’s Office announced Tuesday it was withdrawing from a nationwide initiative aimed at helping local election offices ensure election integrity.

In November, Clerk Justin Roebuck announced Ottawa County was a finalist in the “Centers for Election Excellence,” an initiative of the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence…

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — As democracy in Ottawa County wobbled under a wave of misinformation, mistrust and raw anger, Justin Roebuck decided it was his job to shore it up.

And so, on a rainy night in late October, the clerk in this lakeside community set aside two hours to answer questions from his voters about the election system he oversaw…

HOLLAND — The Michigan Association of County Clerks on Tuesday named Ottawa County Clerk and Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck its 2021 Michigan Clerk of the Year.

The award is given by the association to a county clerk chosen by a committee of the five previous winners of the award. Roebuck is the second winner from Ottawa County, and the first from the county since Harris Nieusma won the second-ever Clerk of the Year award in 1977…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On this “To The Point,” what you need to know about voting in the presidential primary and beyond.

County Clerks from Kent and Ottawa County talk about one quirk of that presidential primary.

“For this election, if voters would like to choose a presidential primary candidate, they do need to tell their local election officials essentially which ballot they want,” Justin Roebuck, Ottawa County clerk, said…

HOLLAND — Ottawa County Clerk Justin Roebuck says adhering a unified code of ethical conduct for election officials would protect them against threats from those disputing the work done by officials throughout the country.

Roebuck was one several election officials from across the U.S. to participate in a virtual summit hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center Wednesday, June 16…