During a quiet August election, one clerk practices to make future elections smoother

On one of her two purple phones, Livonia City Clerk Lori Miller has a sticker that proudly proclaims “I [purple heart emoji] Boring Elections.”

And on Aug. 5 that’s just what she got. Elections in her city and across the state were uneventful, a welcome gift to clerks who are bracing for a busy 2026.

Miller used the primary in Livonia, a Detroit suburb in Wayne County, as an opportunity to test out some upgrades ahead of a competitive city council race in November and next year’s elections for the U.S. House and Senate, state legislative seats, governor, and other statewide offices.

“We’re trying a lot of things,” Miller told Votebeat as she helped to close out absent voter counting boards at the en

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