LANSING, MI (AP)-- Election officials say fewer people participated in Michigan's general election than four years ago.
The secretary of state's office reports that about 3.2 million votes were cast Tuesday. That's about 83,000 fewer than in the 2010 midterm election.
Voter turnout was 41.6 percent of the voting-age population, down from 42.9 percent four years ago. It was the lowest turnout on a percentage basis since 1990.
Democrats' efforts to improve their chances targeting people who vote in presidential races but not midterm elections proved to be bust.
LANSING, MI (AP)-- Voters in six Michigan communities have passed marijuana decriminalization measures, while those in five others have rejected similar proposals.
Eleven Michigan communities had marijuana proposals on the ballot Tuesday.
Unofficial results show the measures passing in Berkley, Huntington Woods, Mount Pleasant, Pleasant Ridge, Port Huron and Saginaw.
Voters defeated marijuana measures in Clare, Frankfort, Harrison, Lapeer and Onaway.
