Election Information
Presidential Primary Election: February 28, 2012 Polls
open from 7:00am-8:00pm
Polling Place: Township Hall, 21000 F Drive South, Marshall, MI
49068
Voter Registration
You must register to vote on or before Monday, January 30, 2012 to be
eligible to vote in the Primary Election. To check if you are already
registered
click here or visit
http://michigan.gov/sos and follow
the links.
If you need to register to vote you may visit your local Secretary of
State Office or contact the Clerk, Kimberly Hinkley at
eckfordtwpclerk@aol.com or
at 517-425-2706 or you can download a voter registration form at
www.michigan.gov/sos and send it in to her.
Sample Ballot & Voting Information
To view a sample ballot, please
click here or go to
http://michigan.gov/vote. Simply fill in the form to view your
sample ballot.
To view the election results, please visit the website
www.electionmagic.com.
Absentee Ballot Information
Absentee ballots will be available by calling the Clerk, Kimberly
Hinkley at 517-425-2706. If you are on the Clerk's permanent Absentee
ballot list, you will automatically receive your ballot in the mail.
Please see below if you qualify to be on the permanent AV list. The
Clerk will also be available on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m. for absentee ballots and on Monday, February 27, 2012 from
9 a.m. until 4 p.m. as well. Please make freedom count, show your
INDEPENDENCE, and vote!
Anyone who meets the following criteria may be added to the Clerks
permanent Absentee Voter (AV) list. Just call the Clerk, Kimberly
Hinkley at 517-425-2706. Or if you will not be able to make it to
the polls to vote on an election day you may receive an AV Ballot for
the following reasons:
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I am 60 years of age or older.
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I expect to be absent from the community in which I am
registered for the entire time the polls are open on election day.
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I am physically unable to attend the polls without the
assistance of another.
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I cannot attend the polls because of the tenets of my religion.
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I have been appointed an election precinct inspector in a
precinct other than the precinct where I reside.
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I cannot attend the polls because I am confined to jail awaiting
arraignment or trial.
The Township Clerk, Kim Hinkley, will be
available on the Saturday before each election from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
for anyone who needs an Absentee Ballot. And on the day before
each election from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. for anyone to vote absentee in
the office. Emergency absentee voting is permitted on election day
until 4 p.m.
Enjoy freedom.......VOTE!