Voter Registration

Requirements for registering to vote:

A person must be a citizen of the United States.
A person must be a resident of the State of Michigan and will be at least a 30 day resident of the township/city/village by election day.
Will be at least 18 years of age by election day.
If false information if provided, a person has committed perjury and is subject to a fine or imprisonment or both under Federal or State Law.

To register to vote you can do it in the following manner:

In Person:

At the Township Clerk's Office or at the office of any County Clerk during normal business hours.
At any of the Secretary of State Branch offices located throughout the State during normal business hours.
At the specified agency for clients receiving services through the Family Independence Agency, the Department of Community Health, Michigan Jobs commission and some offices of the Commission for the Blind.
At the military recruitment offices for persons enlisting in the armed forces.

By Mail:

By obtaining and completing a Mail Voter Registration Application and forwarding to the election official as directed on the application by the close of registration deadline. Mail voter registration applications may be obtained by contacting the clerk's office, or at www.michigan.gov/sos

«If you have never voted in Michigan and register by mail, you must appear in person to vote in the first election in which you wish to participate. This requirement does not apply if (1) you personally hand deliver the mail registration form to your county, city, or township clerk’s office instead of mailing the form (2) you are 60 years of age of more (3) you are disabled or (4) you are eligible to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

« IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VOTERS «

Effective April 1, 2000, Public Act 118 of 1999 amended the Michigan Vehicle Code to clarify that a person's driver license address must correspond to his or her voter registration address. An address change submitted by an individual on a voter registration application form will automatically carry over to the individual's driver license record. Similarly, an address change submitted by an individual to update his or her driver license record will automatically carry over to the individual's voter registration record.