Election Day in Michigan: What you need to know
ELECTION DAY INFORMATION
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee ballots must be received by 8 p.m.
The Michigan Voter Information Center has information about your voter registration, your polling location, a sample ballot and other valuable information.
Every Michigan voter must comply with the ID requirement by showing picture identification or signing an affidavit attesting that he or she is not in possession of picture identification. Voters can satisfy the ID requirement by showing a Michigan driver’s license or a Michigan personal identification card. Voters who do not possess either document may show any of the following forms of picture ID as long as it is current:
- Driver’s license or personal ID card issued by another state.
- Federal or state government-issued photo ID.
- U.S. passport.
- Military identification card with photo.
- Student identification with photo from a high school or an accredited institution of higher education.
- Tribal identification card with photo.
Click here for more information on the identification requirements
If you have issues voting, please call the Michigan Bureau of Elections at 800-292-5973.
BERRIEN COUNTY
Click here to view a list of candidates on the ballot
Visit the Michigan Voter Portal website for more information about the election
CASS COUNTY
Visit the Michigan Voter Portal website for information on polling locations.
Cass County candidates on the ballot
There are two local proposals on the ballot, including the Milton Township proposal for law enforcement millage and the Edwardsburg Public Schools bonding proposal. Click here to read the proposals.
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
View the polling locations in St. Joseph County
Visit the Michigan Voter Portal website for a list of candidates on the ballot.
VAN BUREN COUNTY
Visit the Michigan Voter Portal website for polling locations
Click here for the partisan/non partisan candidate list
Statewide proposals
Proposal 22-1
A proposal to amend the state constitution to require annual public financial disclosure reports by legislators and other state officers and limit service as a legislator to 12 years
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Require members of the legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the attorney general to file annual public financial disclosure reports after 2023, reporting assets, liabilities, income, positions held, future employment agreements, gifts, travel reimbursements, and other payments.
- Require the legislature to implement but not limit or restrict the reporting requirements.
- Reduce current term limits for state representatives and state senators to a 12-year total limit in any combination between the house of representatives and the senate, with the exception that a person elected to the senate in 2022 may be elected the number of times allowed when that person became a candidate.
Should this proposal be adopted?
[ ] YES
[ ] NO
Proposal 22-2
A proposal to amend the state constitution to add provisions regarding elections.
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Recognize fundamental right to vote without harassing conduct;
- Require military or overseas ballots be counted if postmarked by election day;
- Provide voter right to verify identity with photo ID or signed statement;
- Provide voter right to single application to vote absentee in all elections;
- Require state-funded absentee-ballot drop boxes, and postage for absentee applications and ballots;
- Provide that only election officials may conduct post-election audits;
- Require nine days of early in-person voting;
- Allow donations to fund elections, which must be disclosed;
- Require canvass boards certify election results based only on the official records of votes cast.
Should this proposal be adopted?
[ ] YES
[ ] NO
Proposal 22-3
A proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy and abortion; allow state to regulate abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established right
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
- Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility;
- Allow state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health;
- Forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment;
- Invalidate state laws conflicting with this amendment.
Should this proposal be adopted?
[ ] YES
[ ] NO
