Are you registering to vote in Michigan for the first time?
If you have never voted in Michigan and choose to submit your voter registration form by mail, you must meet the federal identification requirement, as explained below.
Federal ID requirement
To comply with the identification requirement, you must:
- Accurately enter your state issued driver license number or personal ID card number where requested on the voter registration form, OR
- Send one of the following forms of identification when mailing this form to your county, city, or township clerk: a COPY of a current and valid photo identification (such as a driver license or personal ID card) or a COPY of a paycheck stub, utility bill, bank statement, or a government document which lists your name and address. Do not send original documents by mail.
If you are subject to this requirement and do not provide the information identified above, an acceptable form of identification must be provided before you vote in the first election in which you wish to participate.
The identification requirement does not apply if you:
- Personally hand deliver your voter registration form to your county, city or township clerk's office instead of mailing this form,
- Are disabled, or
- Are eligible to vote under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.