Be A Voter!

A Nonpartisan Resource for Election Information

REGISTRATION, MAIL-IN, AND EARLY VOTING

Clerk Websites:

• • Kalamazoo City Clerk – Elections Page
  • Kalamazoo Township Clerk – Election Page
  • Oshtemo Township – Elections Information
  • Texas Township Elections

City Clerk Drop Box Locations: (Kalamazoo city voters can submit completed absent ballot here, or at City Clerk’s office, instead of mailing.)

• • Kalamazoo City Hall, 241 W South St
  • Douglass Community Association, 1000 W Paterson St
  • Eastside Neighborhood Association, 1301 E Main St
  • City of Kalamazoo Stockbridge Offices, 415 E Stockbridge Ave
  • Kalamazoo Public Safety Station 7, 2331 Parkview Ave

UPCOMING ELECTION DATES

• Michigan Election Dates and Deadlines

ELECTION INFORMATION

Websites:

• • Black Voters Matter – Voting Toolbox – Voter registration info; how to request an absentee ballot; sign up for election reminders.
  • League of Women Voters Kalamazoo Area – The League’s Voter Guide and vote411.org website are useful resources for up-to-date election information. KPL often has the current Voter Guide at all KPL locations, when Voter Guides are available.
  • Michigan Election Results and Data – from MI Secretary of State.
  • Michigan Voter Information Center – General election information from the Michigan Secretary of State.
  • MI Vote.org – Election Tools, Deadlines, Rules and much more – all specific to Michigan.

Videos:

Voting Rights Information – for MI residents with a felony record.

ELECTION INTEGRITY AND GENERAL ELECTION RESOURCES

• • Annenberg Political Fact Check – Designed to help voters by “monitoring the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.” Primary focus is on presidential candidates in presidential election years, and on the top Senate races in midterm elections. In off-election years, primary focus is on the action in Congress.
  • Center for Public Integrity – A well documented investigative journalism organization and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 & 2017.
  • Michigan Votes – project of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational institution. Its purpose is to provide easy-to-find information about past and current legislation. Bills can be searched by bill number, category, or keyword. The site empowers citizens to stay informed and to hold their elected representatives accountable.
  • Newsguard – Browser extension that provides an easy way to evaluate websites. “Green-Red ratings compiled by a team of trained journalists signal if a website is trying to get it right, has a hidden agenda, or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.”
  • Politifact – A fact-checking website founded by editors of Time Magazine and in conjunction with Congressional Quarterly.