Deadline Monday to register online for Michigan's general election

The Michigan Secretary of State's Office has put out a reminder that the deadline to register online for Michigan's general election is Monday, Oct. 21.

Eligible Michigan residents can register to vote online, by mail, or by scanning and emailing a completed application to their local clerk by Monday.

Applications are available online or at the clerk’s offices.

Voters who have their absentee ballot are encouraged by officials to mail it Friday to avoid postal delays, or hand-deliver the ballot to their clerk’s office or a secure ballot drop box in their jurisdiction.

Voters can look up the address of their local clerk’s office online and find ballot drop boxes in their jurisdiction.

Except for ballots cast by U.S. citizens from Michigan deployed with the military or living overseas, all ballots must be received by clerks by 8 p.m. Nov. 5 to be counted.

Early voting starts Saturday in Detroit and on Monday in East Lansing and Canton Township.

Officials say early voting sites will be open statewide Saturday, Oct. 26 through Sunday, Nov. 3.

Polls will be open on Election Day, Nov. 5, from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. 

Residents eligible to register to vote in Michigan must be a Michigan resident, a United States citizen, 17.5 years of age (18 by Election Day), and not currently serving a sentence in jail or prison.

You can check your voter registration status online.