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Resolution to Approve the Location and Hours of City Clerk Satellite Offices on the University of Michigan Campus and Extend the Days Authorized for Early Voting for the November 3, 2026 General Election at the UM Museum of Art (UMMA) and Duderstadt Center
Memorandum
Upon the direction of the City Council, the City Clerk opened a satellite office at the UM Museum of Art for the November 2020 General Election. The satellite office at UMMA was widely lauded in the elections community and the University community as a great success, providing maximum exposure, access and visibility for voter registration opportunities and access to absentee (early) ballots for the campus community during the height of the pandemic.
Since that first satellite project, the City Clerkâs Office, in partnership with the UMich Votes coalition, has expanded to a presence in major elections at both UMMA and the Duderstadt Center on North Campus. 2024 improvements at both locations included the implementation of early vote centers and Election Day vote centers, in addition to the full service satellite office functions. Voters now have the opportunity to register to vote, request absentee ballots to take home, or choose to vote early on site. Both locations, in addition to activities at City Hall, have been integral in the management of same-day voter registration.
For the November 3, 2026 General Election, the satellite office on north campus will return to the Duderstadt Center location for early voting only. Beginning October 1, the UMMA location will be open Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. prior to early voting to accommodate anticipated high interest in voter registration and absentee ballots. Beginning Wednesday, October 21, the Duderstadt Center location will be open to meet anticipated community interest and needs. At this time, both locations will begin early voting, offering an additional three days beyond the required nine days of statewide early voting wit...
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