West Bloomfield Township Clerk Debbie Binder reduced the number of precincts from 26 to 20 in an effort for greater efficiency and cost savings.

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WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Township Clerk’s Office recently consolidated voting precincts for greater efficiency and cost savings.

The number of precincts was reduced from 26 to 20 after studying voting metrics and trends in voting habits for several years.

“There has been a tremendous shift in voters in terms of absentee and early voting that has left the precincts with fewer voters on Election Day,” said Debbie Binder, the township clerk and a board trustee.

She noted that most voters are voting by absentee ballot, followed by early voting, and that voting at the polls on Election Day garners the least

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