Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday, November 3, and close at 8 p.m. If you are in line at 8, you still get to vote. You vote at your precinct's polling place, which may not be where you voted early. Michigan.gov/Vote finds yours by address and shows your sample ballot.
What to bring
A photo ID if you have one: a driver's license or state ID from any state, a passport, or a military, tribal, student or government photo ID. It does not need to show your address. If you do not have one with you, you sign a short affidavit and vote a regular ballot that is counted with everyone else's, according to the Secretary of State.
If you still have a mail ballot
Get it to your city or township clerk's office or your own community's drop box by 8 p.m. A postmark does not count, so this close to the election, skip the mail.
If you are not registered, or have moved
Go to your city or township clerk's office with something that shows where you live: a license or state ID, a utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or government document. You can register and vote an absentee ballot there in the same visit, as long as you are in line by 8 p.m.
If a sudden illness, a death in the family or another emergency keeps you from the polls, ask your clerk in writing for an emergency absentee ballot by 4 p.m. Tuesday. It has to be back to the clerk by 8 p.m.
What is on the ballot
Every Michigan voter picks a governor, a U.S. senator for an open seat, an attorney general, a secretary of state, two Michigan Supreme Court justices and members of the state education boards, and decides two statewide questions:
- Proposal 26-1 asks whether to hold a convention in 2027 to rewrite the state constitution. The constitution puts the question to voters every 16 years, and any rewrite would come back to voters for approval.
- Proposal 26-2 would bar regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with more than $250,000 a year in government contracts, and people closely tied to them from giving to candidates and officials whose decisions affect them, and would extend disclosure rules to more political ads.
Local questions on lakeshore ballots:
- Ottawa County: a parks increase of up to 0.20 mill, about $20 a year on $100,000 of taxable value. Park Township voters also decide a township parks and recreation millage.
- Grand Haven Area Public Schools: a $98.55 million bond for three crowded elementary schools and more.
- Allendale Public Schools: two bonds, $66.7 million for buildings and $27 million for a community building.
- Hudsonville Public Schools and Jamestown Township: two school renewals, and the road and fire millages Jamestown lost narrowly in August.
- Saugatuck Public Schools: a $49.5 million bond for a community recreation center in Douglas and more.
The lakeshore voting guide lists every candidate for Congress, the Legislature and the courts, with polling places on the Allegan side.
Results
Results start coming in after polls close at 8 p.m. Ottawa County posts them on its election results page and sends results alerts to anyone who signs up.
