The links below offers voter registration information, absentee ballot status, precinct locations, sample ballots, and candidate or proposal information.
Early Voting Card
Michigan Voter Info and Polling Locations
Ottawa County Elections – Overview
Ottawa County – Election Security
Absent Voter Ballot Application
Election Inspector Application
Due to a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, residents will no longer automatically receive Absentee Voter Applications for each election. You will need to request an absentee voter application for each election you wish to vote in. Otherwise, you have the option to request to be on the Permanent Absentee Ballot List which means that you would receive an absentee ballot for each upcoming election.
In order to receive an absent voter ballot application, a registered voter must make a verbal or written request to the Township Clerk’s office. You can contact the clerk’s office at 616-604-6314 or by email at clerk@ghtmi.gov.
When you receive your application in the mail, please complete it and return it to the Clerk’s office at your earliest convenience. Once your application has been received in the Clerk’s office, we will mail your ballot to you. Upon completion of your ballot, make sure your signature and date are on the outside of the ballot envelope before you return it. All ballots must be received by 8pm on election day in order to be counted.
Online applications may be submitted until 5 p.m. the Friday before Election Day. To ensure there is enough time to receive and return an absentee ballot, plan on submitting the absentee ballot application online at least 15 days before Election Day.
Michigan voters have the right to cast a ballot early and in person at any early voting site before Election Day.
Early Voting went into effect for the February 2024 election and is available for every statewide and federal election thereafter.
You are qualified to vote if:
You are a citizen of the United States.
You are at least 18 years of age on or before the day of election at which you seek to vote.
You have been a resident of Michigan for at least 30 days before the election.
You have registered to vote on or before election day.
If you move within your city, township or village, a change of address should be made with your local clerk or at a Secretary of State Branch Office. If you have not completed a change of address prior to Election Day, you will not lose your right to vote. A change of address card will be completed at the polling place when you vote.
If you move outside your city, township or village, a change of address should be made at a Secretary of State Branch Office. The change of address may be made by mail as well as in person.
If you submit a change of address on your driver license at a Secretary of State Branch Office and/or your local government office, the address on your voter registration record will automatically be changed as well and your new voter I.D. card will be sent.
In a primary election, the members of each party nominate candidates of their party for the general election. Voters may vote for candidates in one party only.
In a general election, all voters elect officials from the party nominees and independent candidates. Voters may vote for candidates in more than one party.
Clerk, Laurie Larsen
Phone: (616) 842-5988 ext. 6707
Email: llarsen@ghtmi.gov
Deputy Clerk, Kristi DeVerney
Phone: (616) 604-6343
Email: kdeverney@ghtmi.gov
Election Office
Phone: (616) 604-6314
