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Resolution to Approve an Election Day Vote Center at Larcom City Hall for the August 6, 2024 State Primary Election
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Whereas, MCL 168.523b allows cities that process more than 500 election voter registrations in even-year November General Elections to establish Election Day vote centers;
Whereas, Since the passage of proposition 2018-3, authorizing same-day voter registration, the City of Ann Arbor has exceeded 500 Election Day registrations in both November 2020 and 2022;
Whereas, Absentee ballots are currently issued to voters registering and voting at the City’s satellite offices on Election Day;
Whereas, Election Day Vote Centers would provide the opportunity to issue regular ballots to new voters and allow voters to tabulate their own ballots; and
Whereas, The Michigan Bureau of Elections has requested that the City pilot Election Day Vote Centers in advance of the November General Election;
RESOLVED, That the Ann Arbor City Election Commission authorize the City Clerk to convene one Election Day Vote Center for the August 6 Primary Election at Ann Arbor City Hall in accordance with MCL 168.523b; and
RESOLVED, That the City Clerk notify the Washtenaw County Clerk and Secretary of State as required by law.
Sponsored by: City Election Commission