Oakland County
Birmingham consolidating election precincts; voters to be informed of new polling locations
Most voters in Birmingham have a brand new vocational location or district quantity for the following elections on November 4.
Town has consolidated 9 districts in 5. Town stated in a launch that discount will improve effectivity and cut back prices.
The Metropolis Committee unanimously authorized the consolidation in June. Voters obtain identification playing cards that affirm their new district and polling location assignments per e -mail this summer time. The data can also be obtainable on-line instantly on mi.gov/vote By clicking on the “Am I registered?” possibility.
The workplace of town clerk encourages voters to change into acquainted with their new voice data earlier than the following elections of town on November 4. Birmingham, a metropolis of round 21,000 inhabitants, has no main election this yr.
“The brand new terrain boundaries have been drawn to be as compact and contiguous as sensible, utilizing essential roads corresponding to boundaries whereas staying throughout the authorized limits of not more than 4,999 lively voters per district,” stated the discharge.
Voters can see a map of the brand new districts and voting books bhamgov.org/votinglocationS, on the clerk’s workplace within the city corridor, and on postcards that have been mailed to each Birmingham family later this month, in addition to within the month-to-month E -mail publication of town and the upcoming autumn print publication.
5 of the earlier areas of the polling station stay the identical: Baldwin Public Library, Derby Center College, Subsequent/Midvale College, Pierce College and Fireplace Station No. 1 on Adams Highway.
Holy title Catholic Church, First Presbyterian Church and the Birmingham Ice Area will now not function a polling station.
Private voters on election day shouldn’t expertise a distinction in ready occasions at polling stations, as a result of nearly all of Birmingham voters now solid by submit or throughout early votes.
Within the Birmingham elections in November 2024, roughly 35% of the votes have been personally solid on the election day, in comparison with 48 % in November 2022, earlier than the early private votes have been an possibility and 66 % in November 2018, earlier than the implementation of non-excuse-similar poll papors.
Not less than six different municipalities of Oakland County have just lately additionally lowered and reorganized districts in response to regular decreases in voting the non-public election day.
The brand new voters identification playing cards will even make clear that each one voters in Birmingham have just lately been once more assigned to the state of Senate District 7, a change on account of redistribution at state stage. Earlier town was a part of the Senate District 8.
Voters with questions can contact the workplace of the Metropolis Clerk on (248) 530-1880 or elections@bhamgov.org, or go to the clerk on the primary ground of the city corridor on 151 Martin St., Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to five p.m.
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