Get Out and Vote!

Your vote counts in every election.
Learn more about Greenville's election process
and how to get involved in your city's future.

 VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Registration Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be at least 18 years of age by Election Day
• Must be a resident of Michigan and the City or Township where you are applying to register to vote.
    

Where to Register:

You can register to vote for federal, state, and local elections by mail; at your county, city, or township clerk’s office; or by visiting any Secretary of State Branch office. If you would like to register by mail, please complete the Voter Registration Form, click to download. If you live in the City of Greenville mail your form to the address below: 
 

Greenville City Clerk’s Office
411 S. Lafayette Street
Greenville, MI 48838

Registration Deadline:

You must register at least 30 days before the election. This gives the clerk time to process the forms and send you a Voter Identification Card. You must also re-register to vote whenever you move to a new city or township.

How to Register:

If you move within a city or township, you must update your address. This can be handled through your local clerk, at a Secretary of State Branch office, by mail, or at any other location where voter registrations are accepted.

Michigan voters must use the same residential address for voter registration and driver’s license purposes. Consequently, if you submit a driver’s license address change, it will be applied to your voter’s registration. Similarly, if you submit a voter registration address change, it will be applied to your driver’s license.

ELECTION INFORMATION:

The City is divided into 4 Precincts.
Precincts #1 and #4 vote at the Greenville Area Community Center.
Precincts #2 and #3 vote at the Faith Baptist Church.

Picture ID Requirement at Polls:

Beginning with the November 6, 2007 election, every Michigan voter who offers to vote at the polls must show picture identification or sign an affidavit attesting that he or she does not have picture identification with them before they are issued a ballot.

Voters can satisfy the picture identification requirement by showing one of the following:

• Michigan Driver’s License
• Michigan personal identification card
  

Voters who do not possess either of the above may show any of the following form of picture identification as long as they are current:

• Driver’s license or personal identification card issued by
  another state
• Federal or state government-issued photo identification
• U.S. Passport
• Military identification card with photo
• Student identification card with photo – from high school or an accredited institution of higher education 
  

If a voter states the he or she does not have picture identification, the voter will be given an affidavit to sign. A ballot cannot be issued to the voter unless the voter displays picture ID or signs the affidavit.

Please note that picture identification only applies to those who vote in the polls on Election Day. Voters who apply for an absent voter ballot are not required to provide photo identification. 


Absent Voter Ballots:

Absent Voter Ballots are available to all voters who meet one of the following eligibility requirements:

• Voter is 60 years of age or older.
• Voter expects to be absent from the community in which he/she is registered for the entire time the polls are open on Election Day.
• Voter is physically unable to attend the polls without the assistance of another person.
• Voter cannot attend the polls because of the tenets of
  his/her religion.
• Voter has been appointed an election precinct inspector in a precinct other than the precinct where he/she resides.
• Voter cannot attend the polls because he/she is confined to jail awaiting arraignment or trial.
  

To obtain an Absent Voter Ballot application form, please send an email request to the City Clerks Office or call (616) 754-5645 or click Voter Absentee Ballot Form and mail the completed form to:

Local Petitions:

City elections are held in November of each year. Someone wishing to run for City Council person can obtain the petition packets in March of each year and it needs to be filled out and returned in May. A minimum of fifty (50) valid signatures on petition forms are required. All candidates must also submit a completed Affidavit of Identity Form to the City Clerks Office.
 

City Clerk's Office
411 South Lafayette Street
Greenville, Michigan 48838
(616) 754-5645
(616) 754-6320 - Fax
dlefever@greenvillemi.org