The City Clerk serves as the Chief Election Official for the City of
Ypsilanti. Please see the menu items at the right for more information about
voting in the City of Ypsilanti.
What to Expect When You Get to the Polls
1. Voters will enter the polling location and fill out an application to vote and show your photo identification (if you have it, otherwise you will also fill out an affidavit of identity).
2. Your name will be found and then highlighted in the list of voters.
3. You will be issued a ballot and offered instruction about how to properly mark the ovals, that there are two sides of the ballot to vote, how to receive assistance if you need it, and more.
4. You will proceed to a voting booth and mark your ballot using the pen provided to you. If you make a mistake, tell the election workers present and they will spoil the ballot and issue you another one.
5. When done marking your ballot, you will proceed to the Poll Book station, where your name and ballot number will be written down (depending on where you vote, this may already have been done). Your ballot stub containing the number will be removed, and you will insert your ballot into the ballot tabulator.
6. Your Ballot
will be accepted by the tabulator. You have voted!
Permanent Absentee Voter List
A recent court ruling has required Clerks in
every jurisdiction in the State to cease sending absentee ballot
applications automatically before each election to voters 60 years of age or
older if the voter has not specifically asked to be on a “permanent absentee
voter” list.
Voters who wish to have an absentee ballot application mailed to them automatically must complete this form and submit it to the City Clerk's office. Voters may also call the City Clerk's office at (734) 483-1100 or email City Clerk McMullan (fmcmullan@cityofypsilanti.com) or Deputy City Clerk Golembiewski (egolembiewski@cityofypsilanti.com) to be placed on this list.
The permanent absentee voter list is open to
any registered voter regardless of age.
If you would like to sign up to be placed on this list, are unsure if you are already on it, or wish to find out more information, please contact the City Clerk’s office by calling (734) 483-1100, writing to the Ypsilanti City Clerk’s Office, One South Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, or sending an email to Deputy City Clerk Golembiewski at egolembiewski@cityofypsilanti.com.
