FAQs

You can use the Secretary of State’s Voter Information Center to search for voters’ information by name or driver’s license number. Or visit at our Voting Locations page to find your precinct number and polling location . For more information on registering to vote, check out the Register to Vote page. 

 Please visit our What’s On The Ballot page for information about the upcoming election and links to view sample ballots. You can also visit the Secretary of State’s Michigan Voter Information Center to see a sample ballot. Be sure to select your correct County, City, and Precinct, and check back often to see if there are updates. The website also provides links to more information, including proposal and candidate websites and campaign finance information.

You can find election results on the Muskegon County Clerk’s Election Results page.

In order to vote in Michigan, you must meet the following requirements:

– A United States citizen
– At least 18 years of age by Election Day
– A resident of the city or township in which you are applying to register
– You cannot vote while serving your sentence. 

See more at Registration.

Registration is required under Michigan law to be eligible to vote.

Please see our deadlines at the Registration page.

You can register in person at your Township or City Clerk’s Office with proof of residency in that Township or City up to and including Election Day. If you choose, you can also vote in the clerk’s office.  You can also register to vote until 15 days before an election by mail, online, or in person.

An absentee ballot is the same as an in-person ballot that is available to people who are registered to vote and do not choose to go to the polls on election day. In 2018 Michigan law changed to allow absentee voting for any registered voter without stating a reason.

You can apply for an absentee ballot online, by mail, or in person with an absent voter ballot application. Please visit our page at Vote From Home for more information.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot be sent to you in the mail is the Friday preceding election day by 5 p.m., however, it is advised that voters submit their absentee ballot application much earlier than this date to avoid the potential for mailing delays.

All registered voters can track their ballot by looking up their information in the voter information section of the Michigan Votes website.

Michigan voters can also vote before Election Day through a process called absentee in-person voting at the Clerk’s office and begins 45 days before an election when ballots are required to be available for issuance.

Please visit our Voting In Person page to see a list of polling locations. Make sure to review our Voter ID requirements as well.