Voter Registration Eligibility

To register to vote in Michigan you must be:

• A U.S. Citizen
• At least 18 years of age by election day
• A resident of Michigan and the city or township where you are registering to vote

Voters may register to vote by mail, at your local clerk’s office or by visiting any
Secretary of State branch office. Specified agencies providing services through the
Family Independence Agency, the Department of Community Health, the Department of
Career Development, and Military Recruitment Offices offer voter registration.

If you register to vote by mail, you must vote in person at your assigned precinct the
first time you vote, unless you are:

• Disabled
• 60 years of age or older
• Temporarily residing overseas

You must register to vote 30 days before the election. To verify whether or not you are
registered, you can call your local clerk’s office or check online at
http://www.michigan.gov/vote and click on “Am I Registered?”

Please allow at least 45 days prior to an election to verify, so that you can fix any errors.

Whenever you move to a new city or township, you must re-register to vote. If you move
within a city or township, you only have to update your address. This can be handled
through your local clerk, SOS branch office, or by mail. Michigan voters must use the
same residential address for voter registration and driver’s license purposes because they
intermingle. Therefore, if you submit a driver’s license address change it will be applied
to your voter registration and vice versa.

On January 8, 2004, “Consolidated Elections,” an expression used to describe a nine-bill
package, was signed into law. With the implementation of this package, multiple voting
locations are a thing of the past; so, whether you are voting for a School, Village, Special,
Primary or General Election, you vote at the same location!

For additional information on Voter’s Rights and Responsibilities, contact your local
clerk or go to http://www.michigan.gov/sos.