Michigan Voting

Midland County Clerk Ann Manary said the group behind the idea, Rank MI Vote, doesn't expect voter education to happen until after the measure passes.

Michigan law requires early in-person polling locations to be available for statewide and federal elections, but not for local races. In the tri-county area, Saginaw is the only one who's going to offer this voting option for the 35th district state Senate special election in early 2026.

Across the state, pay for election inspectors — the workers who check in voters and keep precincts running — can range from less than $175 a day to more than $300.

Over 10,000 ballots were cast Saturday and Sunday at early voting sites across the state, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. This will be the second election statewide that includes new early voting laws. The rules stem from a state constitutional amendment passed in 2022.

The Michigan House Elections Committee will hold its first hearing Tuesday on bills intended to boost voter turnout.

A new law in Michigan allowing certain municipalities to begin processing absentee ballots early could give some clerks a helping hand. That’s as the state reports over 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots for the midterms.The law gives clerks’ offices in municipalities with more than 10,000 residents permission to start processing absentee ballots the Sunday and Monday before the general election. They can open all absentee envelopes and verify ballot numbers to eliminate tasks for Election Day.

The appeals come one day after the state board of canvassers was unable to certify the constitutional amendment for a women's right to an abortion to appear on the November ballot.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson held a virtual town hall Thursday to inform non-English speaking voters how to get their ballots in on time for…

Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey is urging voters who still have absentee ballots to avoid sending them through the mail. Instead she’s asking voters to…

New legislation in the state house would make election days holidays.Regular election days in May, August, and November would become state…