Elections & Voter Information
The City Clerk’s office conducts all elections in the city for school, local, State, and Federal elections. Absentee ballots for these elections are issued by the Clerk’s office. Voter registration records for the City of Saline are maintained by the Clerk’s office using the state-wide Qualified Voter File. For voter registration information, absentee ballots, or if you have questions, please feel free to contact the Clerk’s office at 429-4907 ext. 2216 or 2209.
You can visit www.michigan.gov/vote to find your voting information including if you are currently registered to vote, your precinct location for election day voting, and to view the current ballot.
If you would like to register to vote you may do so by coming into the Clerk’s office, at any Secretary of State branch, or with the Washtenaw County Clerk.
If you wish to vote by absentee ballot you can fill out the application and return it to the Clerk’s office in-person, by mail, drop box, or email to the City Clerk at troyal@cityofsaline.org or the Deputy Clerk at kritchey@cityofsaline.org . City Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
POLLING PLACES ARE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS, and all are handicapped accessible and have braille instructions available:
The Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2nd. Polling places for city residents are as follows:
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Precinct #1 & #2 |
Liberty School (Gym), 7265 Saline-Ann Arbor Road |
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Precinct #3 |
First United Methodist Church, 1200 N. Ann Arbor, corner of Woodland |
Campaign or Candidate information including buttons, stickers, apparel, literature, etc. are NOT permitted within 100 feet or inside the polling location. You are also asked to refrain from using a cell phone within the polling place and by law, cell phone use is prohibited in the voting booth unless you are taking a photo of your own ballot. If you have any questions regarding this please contact the City Clerk’s office.
ABSENTEE BALLOT INFORMATION
Absentee ballots for the General Election are now available in the Clerk’s office. Saline City Hall will be open on Saturday, October 30th from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of issuing absentee ballots or receiving voted absentee ballots. If you know you will need an absentee ballot, please don’t delay in applying for your ballot. October 30th is the last day an absentee ballot can be taken out of the Clerk’s office for voting. On Monday, November 1st an absentee ballot may be applied for and voted in the Clerk’s office up until 4:00 p.m.
All absentee ballots must be received in the Clerk’s office by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted.
Applications and ballots can be returned by being placed in the drop boxes behind Comerica Bank, in the City Hall parking lot drop box, or in the drop box located at the City Hall front counter.
Any questions regarding voter registration, where you vote, or application for an absentee ballot should be directed to the City Clerk’s office by calling 429-4907, extensions 2209 or 2216.
Ballot Marking Instructions
Completely fill the box opposite your choice as shown, using a blue or black ink pen.
Partisan Section
Straight Ticket: Vote the party of your choice. This allows you to vote for all of the candidates of one party with a single vote.
Split Ticket: You may vote a straight ticket AND vote for individual candidates of your choice in specific races. The individual votes for candidates will be counted when different than the straight party vote.
Mixed Ticket: Vote for the individual candidates of your choice in each office without selecting a party choice.
Non-Partisan and Proposal Sections of the ballot need to be voted separately.
Do NOT vote for more candidates that indicated under each office.
Write-In candidates: To vote for a candidate whose name is not on the ballot, write the name of the candidate in the blank space provided and darken the oval next to the write-in name. Do NOT cast a write-in vote for a candidate already on the ballot for that office.
Be sure to check both sides of the ballot!
If you make a mistake, you may request a replacement ballot, please contact the City Clerk’s office.
AVAILABLE NOW INSIDE CITY HALL AND ON ELECTION DAY!
Accessible Voting
Voters with disabilities can vote privately and independently using the Touch Writer, Voter Assist Terminal. The Touch Writer is a ballot-marking device that voters can use to assist with marking a traditional paper ballot. Voters can use the machine to mark their ballot through the use of large font touch screen, Braille keypad and audio headset, or with the aid of their own personal sip/puff device or foot pedal that can be plugged into a port on the front of the terminal. The Touch Writer touch screen features magnification and contrast features and the audio ballot can be adjusted for speed and volume. The Touch Writer is available for all voters to use in every city polling place.
Voting Requirements
Every Michigan voter who offers to vote in the polls must comply with the requirement by showing picture identification or signing an affidavit attesting that he or she is not in possession of picture identification. (See MCL 168.523 for voter identification requirement.)
Voters can satisfy the ID requirement by showing a Michigan driver’s license or a Michigan personal identification card. Voters who do not possess either document may show any of the following forms of picture ID as long as it is current:
· Driver’s license or personal ID card issued by another state.
· Federal or state government-issued photo ID.
· U.S. passport.
· Military identification card with photo.
· Student identification with photo from a high school or an accredited institution of higher education.
· Tribal identification card with photo.
IMPORTANT - Voters without ID will not be turned away on Election Day. Michigan Election law anticipates that not all voters will have picture ID. Voters who do not have acceptable picture ID or who forgot to bring acceptable picture ID to the polls can vote like any other voter by signing an affidavit.
Precinct 1 – Liberty School, 7265 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.
Precinct 2 – Liberty School, 7265 Saline-Ann Arbor Rd.
Precinct 3 – First United Methodist Church, 1200 N. Ann Arbor St.
For more election information, visit www.michigan.gov/vote
