2024 Michigan Voter Guide
Here's your one-stop shop for everything you need to know to be an informed voter in Michigan. Check out our latest politics coverage and stay on top of rapidly evolving stories by subscribing to our free Michigan Politics Watch newsletter, published twice a week. And make sure to check in with the regularly updated 2024 Election Tracker. You can also find your representatives.
Bridge Elections FAQ
Have a question? Bridge is here to help. Fill out this form and our Capitol reporters will respond to reader questions. Read their latest answers here.
- Michigan elections FAQ: Why bloated voting rolls don’t lead to fraud
- Michigan elections FAQ: Do you need an ID to register to vote?
- Michigan elections FAQ: Does new recount law bar fraud investigations?
- Michigan elections FAQ: What safeguards exist to prevent double voting?
- Michigan Elections FAQ: How good are Michigan polls?
- Michigan Elections FAQ: How are absentee ballot drop boxes monitored?
- Michigan elections FAQ: When’s the last day to register to vote?
- Michigan elections FAQ: Are noncitizens registered when obtaining state ID?
- Michigan elections FAQ: More registered voters than eligible voters?
- Michigan elections FAQ: Do early, absentee ballots count if a voter dies?
- Michigan elections FAQ: Where Mike Rogers lives and is registered to vote
- more...
Key dates
- Sept. 26: Local clerks begin sending out absentee ballots
- Oct. 26: Nine days of early voting must begin for general election
- Nov. 3: Last day of early voting
- Nov. 5: General election. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Voters in line at 8 p.m. can still cast ballots.
- Other important dates to remember...
Voting basics
Key races, regions, issues.
Presidential policies
Election security
Other resources
Presidential visits
As a battleground state, Michigan residents can expect to see Vice President Kamela Harris, former President Donald Trump and their vice presidential picks repeatedly throughout the 2024 campaign. Bridge will track their visits, and those of their surrogates, until Election Day. Click on the circles to see who came, when and where. (Note: This map includes visits by President Joe Biden before he ended his reelection campaign)
Michigan government coverage
- Michigan farmers facing ‘uncertain future’ amid funding freezes, tariff tensions
- As Michigan’s road costs rise, experts say current funding method ‘isn’t working’
- Old buildings, new ideas: Michiganders fight housing shortage with innovation
- Travel from Canada to Michigan dips 10% amid boycotts, border security fears
- Amid China fears, GOP seeks to bar some nonresidents from buying Michigan land
- Six ways Michigan’s Dana Nessel is challenging Donald Trump’s agenda
- Is Michigan’s Trump-fighting attorney general politicizing the office or saving Michiganders?
- Michigan rural libraries brace for hit from Trump order targeting spending
- Michigan House passes GOP roads package without Democratic counter-proposal in sight
- Michigan sheriffs: We're too overwhelmed to help ICE round up immigrants
2024 election coverage
- Help wanted: Michigan election clerks willing to face workload, harassment
- Who funds Michigan lawmakers? Most get cash from PACs, not voters they represent
- Early voting was a hit in Michigan. Here's who used the new in-person option
- 100 promises Donald Trump made to Michigan
- Fact check: Trump promised a ‘Michigan miracle.’ Now comes the hard part
- Billionaires, dark money dominate record-setting Michigan election spending
- Meet the one Michigan county that predicted Trump’s rise, fall and return
- It’s official: Donald Trump wins Michigan Electoral College vote
- Michigan judge drops felonies for poll workers in double-voting case
- Michigan House battle was most expensive ever. Dems spent big, GOP won anyway
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