╰┈➤ A general election will be held on Nov. 5

╰┈➤ Military and Overseas Voter Ballot deadline is Sep. 21

╰┈➤ Absentee ballots available for voters Sep. 26

╰┈➤ Early voting period is Sept. 26 – Nov. 3

╰┈➤ In-person voter registration required Oct. 22 through Nov. 5

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There are three ways you can vote absentee...

╰┈➤ Online

╰┈➤ By mail

╰┈➤ At a clerk's office

To vote absentee online, you can submit an absentee ballot application to your local clerk HERE. Once the ballot application has been processed, the absentee ballot will be mailed to the voter beginning 40 days before the election. 

The following voter information is required to apply online:

⤷ Full name

⤷ Michigan driver's license or ID number or acknowledgement that the voter does not have a Michigan driver’s license or ID

⤷ Date of birth

⤷ Eye color

⤷ Last four digits of the voters Social Security number

⤷ Mailing address

⤷ An uploaded signature or authorization to use your stored digital signature on file with the Secretary of State

Online applications may be submitted until 5 p.m. the Friday before Election Day. To ensure there is enough time to receive and return an absentee ballot, plan on submitting the absentee ballot application online at least 15 days before Election Day.

You can request an absentee ballot by mailing a completed absentee ballot application to their local clerk (print out an application HERE). Ballot applications may be printed from the Michigan Department of State website or picked up at a local clerk's office (find your local clerk's office HERE). Applications mailed to a voter from their local clerk will include a pre-paid return envelope.

The following information is required to apply by mail:

⤷ Full name

⤷ Year of birth

⤷ Residential address and mailing address

⤷ Signature of record (as provided on driver’s license or ID or on a previous voter registration application)

Completed applications may be mailed, placed in an official drop box, or dropped off at the clerk's office. Mailed applications must be received by a voter’s local city or township clerk’s office by 5 p.m. the Friday before Election Day.

⤷ To ensure there is enough time to receive and return an absentee ballot, plan on mailing the absentee ballot application at least 15 days before Election Day.

You can visit your local clerk’s office in person to request, complete, and submit their absentee ballot application on site (print HERE). Voters requesting an application from their local clerk (locate HERE) may also take it home with them to complete and submit later.

The following information is required to apply in person:

⤷ Full name

⤷ Year of birth

⤷ Residential address and mailing address

⤷ Signature of record (as provided on driver’s license or ID, or on the voter registration application)

Individuals registered to vote at their current address have until 4 p.m. the day before Election Day to submit an application in person at their local clerk’s office.

⤷ Eligible voters who are not currently registered to vote in Michigan, or who have not updated their registration with a current address in Michigan, have until 8 p.m. on Election Day to visit their local clerk’s office to register to vote or update their registration address and request an absentee ballot to complete and submit on site.

⤷ So long as an eligible resident is in line at their clerk’s office by 8 p.m., they may register to vote (or update their registration) and cast an absentee ballot.