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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello.  Michigan is now allowing no-reason mail-in voting. (Today is the first day voters can request an absentee ballot for the May 7 election.) If you’d like to share this information with your customers, I’ve provided the information
 below to make it simple.  As always, I am so grateful for any help you can provide.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For Facebook:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MichiganSoS/posts/2204452806277683">https://www.facebook.com/MichiganSoS/posts/2204452806277683</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For Twitter:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white">Secretary of State
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/JocelynBenson"><span style="color:#07093D;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white;text-decoration:none">@JocelynBenson</span></a> @MichSoS<span style="color:#14171A;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white">
 welcomes era of no-reason mail-in voting in Michigan </span><a href="https://t.co/FMeMjd8cl4" target="_blank" title="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MISOS/bulletins/2314395"><span class="invisible"><span style="color:#07093D;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white;text-decoration:none">https://</span></span><span class="js-display-url"><span style="color:#07093D;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white;text-decoration:none">content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MISOS</span></span><span class="invisible"><span style="color:#07093D;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white;text-decoration:none">/bulletins/2314395 </span></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span style="color:#07093D;letter-spacing:.2pt;background:white;text-decoration:none">…</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For other communication channels:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">No-reason mail-in voting has launched in Michigan</span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">
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Convenient option available to every registered voter</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MISOS/bulletins/2314395?fbclid=IwAR02a8Ga8uHGMMnXioTMSC3G0JvLR7K2B9scVzgnnR8qbJtiOVF3DpK3dFw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#365899;background:white;text-decoration:none">https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/…/bulletins/2314395</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Mistral;color:#4F6228">Cathleen Simlar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Cathleen P. Simlar</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communications Specialist, Executive Office</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan Department of State</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Office:  (517)
</span>335-3263<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cell: (248) 761-7145</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email:
<a href="mailto:Simlarc@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">Simlarc@michigan.gov</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#76923C;text-transform:uppercase">Join My Professional network on
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:#4A442A"><a href="blocked::http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cathleen-simlar/18/798/235" title="blocked::http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cathleen-simlar/18/798/235"><span style="color:#4A442A">LinkedIn</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:#4A442A"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">      </span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/sos"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="67" height="67" style="width:.6979in;height:.6979in" id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4C9FD.CE91D680" alt="Description: Description: Description: SOS logo small"></span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">STAY CONNECTED:<o:p></o:p></p>
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