Yes - but you can register to vote in-person up to and including Election Day. Please refer to the Rights for Michigan Voters for more information. 

• At the office of your county, city, township, or village clerk.
• At any other registration locations established by the local clerk.

Last Day to Register by Mail - A resident mailing in a voter registration application or update of address must do so on or before the fifteenth (15th) day before the next regular or special election or primary election.

NEW! Last Day to Register in Person - Local city or township clerks can accept voter registration applications up to and on Election Day. If registering to vote less than 15 days before an election or on Election Day, residents must visit the city or township clerk's office and show proof of residency (utility bill, Michigan ID with current address, etc.) to be eligible to vote in that election. 

Voter registration applications can originate at any of the following, but are not registrations until accepted by your local clerk:

• Secretary of State driver’s license office
• Secretary of State "renewal by mail"
• State and federal mail-in forms

• Family Independence Agency
• Department of Community Health
• Michigan Jobs Commission
• Commission for the Blind
• Armed Forces Recruiters
• Federal Post Card Application (FPCA)

Registration in this state is considered permanent, however, any time you move out of one community and into another in this state you must re-register. The same is true if you move out of state. Re-registration is also necessary if for any reason your registration has been cancelled and it cannot be reinstated.

• If you move within your city, township or village, a change of address should be made with your local clerk or at a Secretary of State Branch Office. If you have not completed a change of address prior to election day, you will not lose your right to vote. A change of address card will be completed at the polling place when you vote.
• If you move outside your city, township or village, a change of address should be made at a Secretary of State Branch Office. The change of address may be made by mail as well as in person.
• If you submit a change of address on your driver’s license at a Secretary of State Branch Office, the address on your voter registration record will automatically be changed as well.

Any name change due to marriage or legal action may be reported to the clerk by:

• Mail
• In Person
• At the Secretary of State Branch Office

A person changing name should re-register, but may vote under former name.

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BARB BYRUM, County Clerk
inghamclerk@ingham.org

Liz Noel, Election/Clerk Coordinator

Please be advised that as of Monday, August 1, 2016, there will be non-refundable service fees applied to all credit card transactions conducted with the Ingham County Clerk’s Office.

As of that date, my office will be able to accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and Debit Cards.
The service fee schedule below reflects the fee for each transaction amount, whether the credit card is swiped or if the card information is manually entered.

Credit Card Service Fee Schedule (as of June 30, 2017):

Transaction                         Amount                            Fee

$0.01 >                                 $50.00                           $1.75

$50.01 >                               $75.00                           $2.00

$75.01 >                              $100.00                          $3.75

$100.01 >                            $150.00                          $5.75

$150.01 >                            $200.00                          $7.25
; 
(For each additional increment of $50.00, or portion thereof, add $2.00.)

Please know that a service fee will not apply to payments made by check, money order or cash.