Lansing Michigan Branch National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People

 

VOTER’S RIGHTS

 

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE WITHOUT INTIMIDATION OR PERSECUTION.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE A REGULAR BALLOT IF YOU HAVE A RECEIPT VERIFYING THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE WITHOUT PRESENTING ANY FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AFTER YOUR SIGNIATURE IS VERIFIED UNLESS YOU ARE A FIRST-TIME VOTER WHO REGISTED BY MAIL AND HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO THE BUREAU OF ELECTIONS.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AT YOUR OLD POLLING PLACE IF YOU HAVE MOVED TO ANOTHER CITY OR TOWNSHIP WITHIN YOUR COUNTY OR TO ANOTHER COUNTY WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE ELECTION.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE IF YOU CANNOT READ OR WRITE.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME AND HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED IN COMPLETING THE BALLOT.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDO THE BALLOT IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET HELP IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BALLOT OR THE PROCESS.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET HELP IF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE POSES DIFFICULTIES OR CHALLENGES BECAUSE OF A HANDICAP.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT SHOULD YOU BE DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE AT AN ELECTION SITE.

 

• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CAST YOUR BALLOT IF YOU ARE IN LINE BEFORE THE POLL CLOSES IN YOUR PRECINCT OR WARD.

 

 

 

Contact the Michigan NAACP toll-free at (866) NAACP-MI or your local NAACP Unit