August 6, 2024 Primary Election

  • The Clerk's office will be open on Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for those wishing to obtain an absentee ballot. 
  • Voters may also vote a ballot in our office on Monday, August 5, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
  • Ballots may not leave the clerk's office after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 3, 2024. 
  • Ballots may be spoiled and reissued by mail up until 5:00 p.m., Friday, August 2, 2024. Ballots may be spoiled in person up until 10 a.m., Monday, August 5, 2024.

Refer to Michigan compiled law for cited provisions (Legislature.Mi.Gov.) Dates are subject to change through legislative action.
**If any errors are found, it is the law, itself, which must be followed**




Registration Deadlines
TBD  Last day to register in any manner other than in-person with the local clerk for the August primary. (168.497)
TBD through 8:00 p.m. TBD   In-person registration with local clerk with proof of residency. (168.497)


Filing Deadlines

By 4:00 p.m., TBD  Candidates for partisan and nonpartisan offices (other than judicial candidates) file nominating petitions (or fees if applicable) and Affidavit of Identity for the August primary.  Withdrawal deadline elapses at 4:00 p.m. on April 22.  168.133 and 163 for federal and state-level offices; assorted other statutes for local offices
By 5:00 p.m., TBD  Petitions to place county and local questions on the August primary ballot filed with county and local clerks.  168.646a
By 4:00 p.m., TBD  Candidates for county convention delegate (precinct delegate) file an Affidavit of Identity for the August primary. Filing submitted to the clerk of the county in which candidate resides. Withdrawal deadline elapses at 4:00 p.m. on May 6.  168.624, 624a
By 4:00 p.m., TBD  Ballot wording of county and local proposals to be presented at the August primary certified to county and local clerks; local clerks receiving ballot wording forward to county clerk within two days.  168.646a
By 4:00 p.m., TBD  Write-in candidates other than write-in candidates who seek precinct delegate positions file Declaration of Intent forms for the August primary.   168.737a
By 4:00 p.m.,TBD  Write-in candidates who seek precinct delegate positions file Declaration of Intent forms with the county clerk for the August primary. (As an alternative, candidates for precinct delegate may file the Declaration of Intent form with appropriate precinct board on election day before the close of the polls.)   168.737a


Current Filings Countywide
(Information subject to change until all filing deadlines have passed.)

Tuesday, TBD Candidate Filings


Tuesday, TBD Democratic Precinct Delegate Filings

Tuesday, TBD Republican Precinct Delegate Filings


Updated September 25, 2023 mk

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