Know Your Voting Rights

JULY 25: First day of the statewide in-person early voting period. All communities must offer in-person early voting at a designated early voting site starting on this day.
Contact your clerk or visit mi.gov/vote to find out when and where you can vote early in person for the August 4 Primary Election.

AUGUST 2: Last day of statewide in-person early voting.

AUGUST 3 at 4 p.m.: Deadline to vote in person, with an absentee ballot, at your city or township clerk’s office if you’re registered to vote where you live.
(After today at 4 p.m., you must vote at your polling place on Election Day.)

AUGUST 4: Election Day! Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. If you need to register to vote, you can register and then vote at your city or township clerk’s office until 8 p.m.

*If you’re serving in the military or living overseas, your ballot must be postmarked by Election Day (August 4) and received by Monday, August 10 to count.

The ACLU of Michigan is working with the nonpartisan Election Protection Program, a coalition working to ensure voters know their rights and that every vote is counted.  Have a voting question or need to report a problem at the polls? Call the non-partisan Election Protection Hotline: (866) OUR-VOTE. Help is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Bangla, and several other languages.