State Primary Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Polls 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Not registered?You can still vote Tuesday.

Two things almost nobody tells you.

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Contest 1 of 3 How will you vote?

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Your steps

  1. Look up your Early voting siteOne of a small number of locations your municipality opens for the nine days before the election. Usually not your Election Day precinct — look it up before you drive. — it is usually not your Election Day precinct.
  2. Go during open hours. Bring photo ID if you have it; if you don't, you can still vote.
  3. Vote and leave. You're done.

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Your steps

  1. Sign the outside of the envelope. A missing signature is the most common reason a good ballot gets set aside.
  2. Put it in a Drop boxA locked, anchored, video-monitored box for returning a mail ballot by hand. Inside the last week it is safer than mailing, because it takes delivery time out of the equation. in the city or township where you live, or hand it to your clerk. Another town's box may not count.
  3. Or carry it to your early voting site or your Election Day precinct and put it into the tabulator yourself — keep it in the envelope your clerk sent. Not offered in Detroit, where it goes to a drop box or the clerk.
  4. Track it online and confirm they got it. Don't assume.

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No ballot yet? Don't start with the mail this close. Vote early in person while the window is open, or go to your precinct on Election Day.

Your steps

  1. Confirm your precinct that morning. Polling places move.
  2. Preview your ballot at home first — Michigan ballots are long, and that's where people quit halfway.
  3. Bring a marked-up sample ballot or a list on your phone. You're allowed to.
  4. Feed the ballot in yourself. If it rejects, ask for a new one — don't walk away.

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Your steps

  1. Go to your Your clerkThe local official who runs elections where you live — city or township, not the county and not the state. Registration, mail ballots and same-day registration all happen at their office. — not your polling place.
  2. Bring proof of where you live: a Michigan ID, or a utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, or other government document with your name and address. A photo on your phone usually works.
  3. Register, then vote right there in the same visit. Any time through 8 p.m. on Election Day.

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Contest 3 of 3 Our slate

Every candidate here refuses corporate money

  • Progressive slate · Democratic primary Tuesday, August 4, 2026
  • U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed Never taken a dime of corporate PAC or DTE money. Cancelled up to $700 million in medical debt for roughly 300,000 Michiganders, got lead out of school drinking water, free glasses for kids. More →
  • Governor Chris Swanson Running on a six-month freeze on DTE and Consumers rate hikes. Not "energy policy" — your bill, held still. Says plainly this race isn't a coronation. More →
  • Screenshot this · Bring it to the polls · Vote the whole card

Plus 23 races down-ballot — 5 for U.S. Congress, 6 for State Senate, 12 for State House. You will only see the ones drawn for your address. See the full slate →

Everyone above is on the same Democratic primary ballot. Ask for the Democratic ballot, vote the whole card, and turn it over — the Nonpartisan sectionThe part of the ballot with no party labels — judges, school board, and any proposals. It is counted no matter which party's section you voted in, so always finish it. on the back count no matter what.

Your power goes out when it rains Rent Groceries Your DTE bill The insulin copay Freeze the rate hikes No corporate PAC money $700M in medical debt cancelled

Why we're doing this

Both parties took the money.

Not a slogan. Your rent, your groceries, your DTE bill.

Your power goes out when it rains. And when it doesn't. Somebody approved that rate hike. Somebody took their money.

Ask why nothing ever changes — they protect each other.

Here's what doomscrolling leaves out: fewer people vote in August, so your ballot is worth more. That isn't hope — that's arithmetic.

Not one dime of corporate PAC money

Why this one, why here

Michigan is the state where young voters decide the most

Not a pep talk — a ranking. CIRCLE at Tufts scores every state on how much young voters can swing its races. Michigan came out first in the country for both the Senate race and the Governor's race in 2026. The two races on this ballot.

Michigan's standing among all 50 states, 2026 cycle. Source: CIRCLE at Tufts University — Youth Electoral Significance Index and youth turnout estimates. Figures as published; verify before reuse in press material.
Measure Michigan Rank
Youth impact on the 2026 U.S. Senate race Highest in the nation 1st of 50
Youth impact on the 2026 Governor's race Highest in the nation 1st of 50
Youth turnout, 2024 general 58% 3rd of 50
Youth turnout, 2022 midterm 37% 1st of 50

A primary is where the leverage actually is

Turnout in an August primary is a fraction of November's. The same ballot, cast now, is worth several times what it's worth in the general — and in Michigan the primary very often settles the question.

The part that actually moves turnout

Text three people. By name.

Not a broadcast. Three specific people you can picture — the ones you already suspect won't get around to it.

  • Ask one question: "When are you voting?" Getting somebody to name a day is most of the work.
  • Lead with the two unlocks. "I'm not registered" and "I'm not a Democrat" are the reasons they'll give you. Both are wrong.
  • Never follow a listening question with an ask for money. Fastest way to burn the channel — and this channel is the whole program.

Lock in your plan

Voters who write down when, how, and where turn out at measurably higher rates than voters who merely intend to. Forty seconds.

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