Active-duty service members, their families, and U.S. citizens overseas have separate deadlines under UOCAVA. Sourced live from the U.S. Federal Voting Assistance Program.

2026-08-04Ballot Request — State PrimaryReceived by

2026-08-04Ballot Return — State PrimaryReturn by Mail: Postmarked by*

2026-08-04Ballot Return — State PrimaryReturn by Online: Received by

2026-08-04Ballot Return — State PrimaryReturn by Mail: Postmarked by*

2026-08-04Registration — State PrimaryNo Deadline

2026-11-03Ballot Request — General ElectionReceived by

2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionReturn by Mail: Postmarked by*

2026-11-03Ballot Return — General ElectionReturn by Online: Received by

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Local authorities — MI

First-class county / borough sources.

For some tasks — especially sample ballot, drop-box lists, and live local results — the county or borough is the authoritative source. We list them here as peer authorities, not delegates.

SHIM

Wayne County Clerk Elections Division

MI is city/township-administered, so Wayne County is largely a state shim. Aggregates results across 43 munis post-canvass. Does NOT publish drop-box list (each muni does). Detroit is the actual first-class authority for Detroit voters — see 26163-DET.

~1,400,000 registered voters

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Detroit Department of Elections

Detroit is its own first-class authority under MI law (city clerk). Independently runs BallotTrax (detroitmi.gov/node/12141) on top of the state MVIC tracker — only city-clerk in the sweep with a county+vendor tracker pattern in an otherwise state-deferred state.

~480,000 registered voters

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