In Michigan We Trust / Absentee Voting
In 2018 Michiganders voted to make absentee voting available to all registered voters in Michigan, no excuse required.
You can vote absentee for any reason. Vote at home and return your ballot by mail, at a drop box, or in person.
Join the permanent mail ballot list and your ballot comes automatically before every election. Leave the list any time. As of 2025, 25% of Michiganders are on the permanent mail ballot list.
The signature on your absentee application and the signature on your return envelope are both verified against the signature on file. If either does not match, your clerk must contact you and let you fix it.
You get one ballot per election. If you have an absentee ballot, surrender it to vote in person, or spoil it for a replacement.
Your drop box is monitored by video for the 75 days before an election and on Election Day itself.
You can track your mail-in ballot like a package at Michigan.gov/Vote. Sign up there for email alerts.
Did you know?39% of Michiganders voted absentee in 2024.
