Pre-election statistics: mLive is tracking “early voting” for the State of Michigan. In a “Subscriber Exclusive” by Julie Mack titled “2 million Michigan ballots have been cast: See how early voting in your community compares to 2016 turnout,” here’s the bottom line.

As of Friday, Oct 23, about 3.1 million Michigan voters have requested an absentee ballot, which equates to about 64% of the 2016 turnout. About 2 million have returned their ballot so far, or about 42% of the 2016 vote.

By way of hyper-local perspective, following are current numbers for City of Saline and Lodi Township.

• City of Saline
  • Registered voters — 7,558
  • Ballot requests as of 10/23 — 4,118
  • Ballots received as of 10/23 — 2,808
  • Voter turnout in 2016 — 1,218
• Lodi Township
  • Registered voters — 5,303
  • Ballot requests as of 10/23 —2,914
  • Ballots received as of 10/23 — 1,918
  • Voter turnout in 2016 — 3,985