Publications and Forms

Elections in Michigan - Publications and Forms

 

 

 

Laws

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Candidate Forms and Instructions

  For additional information see Information for Candidates, Filing for Office
 

• Affidavit of Identity    
   
• Affidavit of Identity - Precinct Delegate   
   
• Acceptance of Office/Oath - School Board   
   
• Certificate of Acceptance 
   
• Preparing, Circulating and Filing Petitions for Public Office (Regularly Scheduled Elections) 
   
• Circulating City/Township Nominating and Qualifying Petition Forms 
   
• Circulating Countywide Nominating and Qualifying Petition Forms   
   
• Supplemental Filing Receipt   

 

 

 

 

Write-In Candidate Forms

• Write-In Candidate Declaration of Intent   
   
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Campaign Finance Publications

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• Late Filing Fee Waiver Request Form    
   
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• Gubernatorial Public Funding (Appendices not included)    
   
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Lobby Registration Forms 

• Lobby Financial Report Summary Form and Instructions, LR-3    
   
• Lobby Itemized Expenditures Form and Instructions, LR-4    
   
• Lobby Registration Form    

 

 

 

 

Casino Interest Registration Forms 

• Casino Interest Registration Form    

 

 

 

 

Election Challengers Publications 

• The Appointment, Rights and Duties of Election Challengers and Poll Watchers
   
• The Challenge Procedure: Questions & Answers    

 

 

 

 

Voter Forms and Instructions

• Voter Registration Application for Michigan
   
• Voter Registration Application for Michigan - Large Print Version
   
• Absent Voter Ballot Application
   
• Solicitud de Boleta de Votante Ausente de Michigan
   
• Absent Voter Ballot Application - Fillable Version 
   
• Absent Voter Ballot Application - Large Print Version
   
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Miscellaneous Publications

• Recount Process: General Overview    
   
• Determining the Validity of Optical Scan Ballot Markings    
   
• Initiatives and Referendums Under the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963   
   
• Analysis of Validity Rates for Initiative and Referendum Petitions 
   
• Manual for Boards of County Canvassers    
   
• Michigan Presidential Primary: Facts and Statistics     
   
• New Political Party Qualification   
   
• Procedure for Handling Optical Scan Ballots Rejected in the Polls 
   
• Qualified Voter File - FOIA Request Form 
   
• Sponsoring a Statewide Initiative or Referendum Petition