KEY DATES AND DEADLINES FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Thursday, Jan. 18: Absentee ballots can be mailed out starting on this date.
Saturday, Feb. 17: Early in-person voting period begins. Local clerks must offer at least 9 days of early, in-person voting.
Monday, Feb. 12: Deadline for voter registration by mail and online services
Tuesday, Feb. 13 through 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27: In-person registration allowed with local clerk
Friday, Feb. 23 at 5 p.m.: Deadline to request absentee ballot by mail and online services
Sunday, Feb. 25: Final day of in-person early voting
Tuesday, Feb. 27: Presidential Primary Day
Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.: Deadline to request absentee ballot in-person at local clerk's office
Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.: Deadline for absentee ballots to be received by clerk's office
Monday, Mar. 4: Deadline for absentee ballots from military and overseas voters to be received
To register to vote in the next election, you must make one of these deadlines:
Online: 15 days or more before the election
By Mail: envelopes must be postmarked at least 15 days before the election
In-person: applications must be handed into the clerk's office or satellite locations by 8 p.m. on election day
Voters who have moved should update the address on their voter registration. To do this, voters must “re-register” with the new address. Deadlines for voter registration also apply to voters updating their registration.
Voters wishing to cast an absentee ballot may apply for an absentee ballot starting 75 days before an election.
Online application: request must be submitted by 5 p.m. the Friday before the election.
Application by mail: request must be received by local clerk's office by 5 p.m. on the Friday before the election.
In-person application: if voter is already registered, the application must be turned into the local clerk's office by 4 p.m. the day before the election
In-person application: if voter is not registered, they must be in line at the local clerk's office by 8 p.m. on election day. Those voters may register and then fill out an absentee ballot in the clerk's office
In 2022, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow early in-person voting for all state and federal elections beginning in 2024.
Local clerks must provide 9 consecutive days of early in-person voting starting 2 Saturdays before election day and ending the Sunday before election day.
Communities may offer early in-person voting for an additional 20 days before the mandatory 9 days of early voting.
In-person registration may not be available at early in-person polling location.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day
Voters are not required to possess a photo ID to vote in Michigan. Voters without a photo ID may sign an affidavit and will be issued a ballot.
