April 2024
We are pleased to have a new contract with UPS . This contract has significatly lowered costs for shipping ballots and supplies. We started passing on these lower shipping costs to you with the February Presidential Primary.
For more information, please contact:
Tim Allshouse, Election Services ManagerOffice: 517-263-8140 Cell: 517-403-0088,
Email: tima@mail.spectrumprinters.com
Norma Townsend, Election Specialist
Cell: 269-816-0149
Email: normat@mail.spectrumprinters.com
Matt van Staveren, Account Representative
C: 517-442-6320
Email: mattv@mail.spectrumprinters.com
December 2023
As we all prepare for the February 27 Presidential Primary, below is info regarding the new and updated forms:
DUE TO UNUSUALLY HIGH DEMAND, ON PRODUCTS THAT MAIL TO VOTERS, THE QUICKEST MAILING DATE IS NOW LATE JANUARY.
Early Voting Postcards - Township, City, or County-wide mailing to notify voters of their Early Voting locations. Small format postcard mailing directly from our plant to the voters, no hassle for clerks! Ordering can be done on our website for fast proofs and production.
AV Applications (E323-QVFPP) – Updated for 2024 Presidential Primary - for permanent absent voter list, listing upcoming elections, new statutory information. Available as blank stock for clerks use or full service mailing with return envelope from our plant directly to voters.
E10 Absent Voter Presidential Primary voting instructions: Mailed with AV ballots, updated for 2024 for new language supporting prepaid return postage. In stock and ready for quick shipping to clerks.
E3 Secrecy sleeve: Updated for 2024 to support prepaid return postage, required for AV ballot mailings. Shrink wrapped in packs of 100, ready to ship to clerks immediately.
E3PP Secrecy Sleeve: Secrecy sleeve for AV ballot mailings, updated for 2024 with instructions for prepaid return postage and early voting. Also with voting instructions from E10 Absent Voter Presidential Primary voting instructions printed on back. One less form to insert into each AV ballot, a real time-saver!
Presidential Primary Preference form: Quick easy form for permanent absent voters to select the ballot style they want for the upcoming February 27, 2024 Presidential Primary. Printed and mailed with return envelope from our Tecumseh, MI, plant to voters. Includes prepaid return postage envelope.
E34 Early Voting Pollbook: Designed from our original election day pollbook, this tabbed book includes sections for each day of early voting, election night tabulation checklist, and triplicate forms to make closeout procedures easy and efficient. This item will come in an Early Voting Precinct Kit with all necessary forms to open, run, and complete election night procedures.
For more information, please contact:
Tim Allshouse, Election Services ManagerOffice: 517-263-8140 Cell: 517-403-0088,
Email: tima@mail.spectrumprinters.com
Norma Townsend, Election Specialist
Cell: 269-816-0149
Email: normat@mail.spectrumprinters.com
Matt van Staveren, Account Representative
C: 517-442-6320
Email: mattv@mail.spectrumprinters.com
May 2023
Have you been waiting for answers to the questions surrounding Proposition 2022-2? Certainly, Prop-2 has created numerous changes to how elections are conducted, including early voting, postage paid AV return envelopes and more!
Like you, we are processing through Prop-2 and reviewing needed revisions that affect election forms and specifically, Absent Voter Ballot envelopes. AV return envelopes are required to be postage-paid when returned from the voter. Currently, the Bureau of Elections is working with the US Postal Service (USPS) and the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) to provide this postage, using State funded Business Reply Mail (BRM) permits.
At Spectrum Printers, we have 35+ years of working with the USPS and printing envelopes with BRM permits. As a major supplier of AV envelopes, we have been engaged with the Bureau of Elections, MDOS, and the USPS. All cities and townships will be provided with their own BRM permit for AV return envelopes. When permits are available, Spectrum Printers will be ready to provide imprinted envelopes with your mailing address and specific permit information.
We realize the time it takes to assemble AV ballot mailings so by design we have lengthened both of our envelopes. This extra length allows you to quickly insert ballots, a secrecy sleeve, and return envelope. Also, note the return envelope has an inverted flap, designed to not interfere with the return address information, bar codes, and aid in easier insertion. We look forward to partnering with clerks across the state to meet the challenges and changes presented by Prop-2. As Legislators and the Secretary of State/Bureau of Elections continue to provide clarification and information on Prop-2, we will be ready to provide you with updated election forms and services.
Thank you for taking the time to review our products and please contact us with questions or any other information you need.
August 2022
The USPS has indicated they would no longer like us to sell Green AV Inner envelopes after the November 2022 election. If you would like to save some money, we have lowered our prices substantially on the Green envelope. We also have a good supply of the new Purple Inner AV envelopes.
May 2022
Spectrum Printers, your source for election supplies and ballot printing, is ready for the August Primary. Throughout the winter and spring we have worked diligently to acquire paper and now our paper has arrived at the plant. Our purchasing team is already working on ensuring paper supplies for the November election. On the supply side we have strong supplies of AV mailing envelopes; both outgoing and returning. These envelopes are ready to imprint with your jurisdiction information and ship.
December 2020
Our team at Spectrum Printers genuinely appreciates your business and are so grateful for the trust you have placed in us. We hope to have the pleasure of doing business with you in the future.
As a Michigan based ballot printer and election forms supplier, we know the 2020 election year has been challenging in many ways for clerks and election officials. With our southern Michigan location, we are keeping your tax dollars in the state & also keeps shipping costs as low as possible. A number of clerks have picked up their ballots & supplies, saving them time and money.
Have a wonderful and safe Holiday season!
October 2020
Last call for AV envelopes!
We Are Taking Orders for Custom Printed AV Envelopes for the November Election
Spectrum Printers, a full service election supplier, is providing the AV Ballot-Outgoing and AV Ballot-Return envelopes, with the needed additional address information imprinted on the envelopes. We are very experienced in handling this service for local clerks, having done it for hundreds of jurisdictions for the past 12 years. These orders will all be produced and shipped from our Tecumseh, MI facility.
This information was recently covered in the recent News Update from the Bureau of Elections. This notice contained information about adding custom imprinting of your mailing address and USPS bar codes on Absent Voter envelopes. The State of Michigan - Bureau of Elections, will be providing AV Envelopes to each jurisdiction, equal to 60% of your total registered voters.
Our Pre-Press staff will handle all aspects required to get USPS approval on artwork layout. All we need from you would be your mailing address for ballots, be it a physical address or PO Box. Again, The Bureau of Elections will be paying for quantities equal to 60% of Registered Voters in your jurisdiction. You may order any additonal quantity and receive the price break for the higher quantity. For example, if the BOE will pay for 500 and you would like an additonal 500, you will pay the per unit price of 1,000 for your addtional 500 envelopes. A great way to save some dollars!
We welcome the opportunity to work with you to provide high quality AV envelopes with custom imprinting.I will also note that our stock envelopes are 1/2" longer than our competitors are offering. This allows more room for inserting the return envelope, secrecy sleeve and ballot.
You may place an order on our ordering site, just register and you can order and proof your envelopes. We welcome clerks and election officials to contact us with any questions, or to place an order.
August 2020
We Are Taking Orders for Custom Printed AV Envelopes for the August Election
Spectrum Printers, a full service election supplier, is providing the AV Ballot-Outgoing and AV Ballot-Return envelopes, with the needed additional address information imprinted on the envelopes. We are very experienced in handling this service for local clerks, having done it for hundreds of jurisdictions, for the past 12 years. These orders will all be produced and shipped from our Tecumseh, MI facility.
This information was recently covered in the recent News Update from the Bureau of Elections. This notice contained information about adding custom imprinting of your mailing address and USPS bar codes on Absent Voter envelopes. The State of Michigan - Bureau of Elections, will be providing AV Envelopes to each jurisdiction, equal to 40% of your total registered voters.
Our Pre-Press staff will handle all aspects required to get USPS approval on artwork layout. All we need from you would be your mailing address for ballots, be it a physical address or PO Box. Again, The Bureau of Elections will be paying for quantities equal to 40% of Registered Voters in your jurisdiction. You may order any additonal quantity and receive the price break for the higher quantity. For example, if the BOE will pay for 500 and you would like an additonal 500, you will pay the per unit price of 1,000 for your addtional 500 envelopes. A great way to save some dollars!
We welcome the opportunity to work with you to provide high quality AV envelopes with custom imprinting.I will also note that our stock envelopes are 1/2" longer than our competitors are offering. This allows more room for inserting the return envelope, secrecy sleeve and ballot.
You may place an order on our ordering site, just register and you can order and proof your envelopes. We welcome clerks and election officials to contact us with any questions, or to place an order.
For more information, please contact:
Tim Allshouse, Election Services ManagerOffice: 517-263-8140 Cell: 517-403-0088,
Email: tima@mail.spectrumprinters.com
Norma Townsend, Election Specialist
Cell: 269-816-0149
Email: normat@mail.spectrumprinters.com
Andy van Staveren, President
O: 800-225-7947 C: 517-403-4022
Email: andy@mail.spectrumprinters.com
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SPECTRUM PRINTERS TO PROVIDE ELECTION BALLOT AND SUPPLIES DIRECT
Spectrum Printers of Tecumseh Michigan, in a mutual agreement with GBS, will be immediately working directly with our clerk clients. Spectrum, a 30-year old company has been providing high quality ballot printing and Smart Test Decks to over 35 counties for the past 12 years. In 2018, two million ballots were produced and delivered, on-time, to all 15 Upper Peninsula counties and 21 Lower Peninsula counties.
To facilitate this effort, Tim Allshouse has joined Spectrum Printers as Election Services Manager. Tim has 40 years of election experience in directly working with clerks across the state. During his career he has developed many relationships and built trust with his customers. Tim is looking forward to providing a high level of support to clerks across the state, including the U.P.
We are also very pleased to announce Norma Townsend has joined the staff of Spectrum. Norma will be our Election Specialist, working with Tim in all aspects of election support. She brings 25 years of experience in the elections industry. Norma has developed close relationships with clerks who know they can rely on her to provide on-going support and assistance to any issues that may arise with their election needs.
The printing capabilities at Spectrum will include ballot printing for all three voting systems currently used in Michigan. We produce ballots with an exceptional staff, utilizing the latest digital printing technology. One very popular ballot feature that we introduced 12 years ago, is two-color ballot printing: black ink with red ovals and Vote For, information. The two-ink color ballot is very popular with voters and is recommended by one voting machine manufacturer.
In addition to ballot printing, we will continue to produce the extremely popular VOTETEST-Smart Test Decks and charts. We have enhanced the Smart Test Decks to include Straight Party Voting for the November election. We can offer this service to ALL local jurisdictions, even if we are not your main ballot printer. Smart Test Decks are available for all three voting systems.
Spectrum appreciates the cooperation with GBS in this transition. Spectrum is committed to ensure our customers continue to be provided with quality ballot printing, VOTETEST-Smart Test Decks, AV envelopes, precinct kits, and the many other forms and supplies you need.