Michigan ranks 6th best for election performance, 6th worst for average voter wait times | MLive.com: "While Michigan's 21.9-minute average wait time was one of the longest in the nation, it was still below the 30-minute threshold identified in a 2014 report by the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
Only Florida and Washington D.C. had wait times of more than a half hour in 2012.
Michigan is one of 14 states that does not offer either in-person early voting or no-reason absentee ballots, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
While such policies could reduce voter wait times, they are not a panacea.
Three Midwest states -- Ohio, Wisconsin and Illinois -- that allow both early and no-reason absentee voting had average wait times of between 8 and 12 minutes in 2012.
But Florida, which also offers both voting options, ranked last in the nation with a 45-minute average wait time."
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