By Charles Sercombe
You can get a head start in voting this Saturday (Oct. 26).
That’s when early, in-person voting begins in Hamtramck and throughout much of the state. Some communities, such as Detroit, started last week.
In-person voting happens at city hall, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.
Voting by absentee ballot started a few weeks ago. So far, in Michigan over 1.1 million people have voted via absentee ballot. Over 2 million people applied for an absentee ballot.
If you haven’t mailed back your absentee ballot, it’s advised now to drop it off in person at city hall, or in a drop box outside the front door of city hall, in order to avoid a postal delay.
In other states where early in-person voting has already begun, the turnout has been heavy – resulting in some voters waiting for over three hours to cast their ballot.
Election day is on Nov. 5, and it’s expected that voter turnout will also be heavy on that day.
Hamtramck has two local issues: a Hamtramck Public School Board election and a HPS tax millage renewal proposal.
Not registered to vote yet?
In Hamtramck, you can register to vote as late as election day and actually be able to vote – of course as long as you are at least 18 years old and a resident of Hamtramck, as well a U.S. citizen.
Cities are now allowed to begin processing and counting absentee ballots starting eight days before election day. In Hamtramck, City Clerk Rana Faraj said she will be counting absentee ballots on election day.
Visit Michigan.gov/Vote for more information about elections and voting in Michigan.
Posted Oct. 25, 2024
Resident
October 28, 2024 at 8:30 pm
Voted early in person. Voted for school millage. Let’s keep the schools funded.
-Resident, an HPS parent