Americans can expect the next presidential election to dominate next year’s headlines through November, and perhaps much longer than that if the results are contested again. Here in northern Michigan, officials are already preparing for the first of the 2024 statewide elections, the presidential preference primary, which is fast approaching on Feb. 27.
Leelanau County clerk Michelle Crocker attended a quarterly meeting of the Michigan Association of County Clerks in Claire on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 with her deputy clerk, Jennifer Zywicki. As part of the conference, Crocker and Zywicki attended the Michigan Bureau of Election’s “Train the Trainer” session.
Crocker said that since none of the local municipalities meet the population requirements to conduct their own election worker training, the county clerk’s office will be responsible for training election workers.
