<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/10/28/qualified-voter-file-primary-slowdown-clerks-prepare-midterm/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-28T20:10:05.954Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/2YZSN2Z33ZA55KBFBQ62RSNT2I.JPG?auth=83648dfc898fd9020a48d4606106d2de4cd0483706a375e71a232ba0a744af2e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2666</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Canton Township Clerk, Michael Siegrist, center, works with election inspectors Ann Conklin, left, and Denise Staffeld at the township’s municipal building in 2024. Clerks are prepared for a potential slowdown of the Qualified Voter File, but state officials have said it's unlikely to happen again.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>