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NewsHOW YOU CAN PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND HELP GET OUT THE VOTE
- Know what’s new about Michigan voting Summary
2. Share good information
- With your friends and neighbors
- On social media
- NEVER engage with those sharing bad information
3. 
Vote early in-person in Washtenaw County
Vote early in-person in Washtenaw County - County Early Voting sites will be open every day, October 26 - November 3 from 9 am - 5 pm
- Find your site HERE Early Voting | Washtenaw County, MI
4. Vote absentee - no excuse needed Absentee voting (michigan.gov)
- How to request your ballot
- How to cast your absentee ballot
- How to track your absentee ballot
5. Vote on election day at your local polling place.
6.
Take someone to the polls – it’s legal now in Michigan.
Take someone to the polls – it’s legal now in Michigan.- Partner with a political party or church grouphttps://vote411.org
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Or offer to take a neighbor
7.Plan your vote
Visit the League’s online, non-partisan voter guide VOTE411.org for information about local, county, state and national candidates and proposals. 8.Be able to defend election security 
- Michigan laws make our elections some of the most secure in the country.
- Polling sites are NOT connected to the internet.
- Michigan has both a computerized counting system and a paper ballot system that must match.
- Voters must sign an “application” at the polls or when requesting an absentee ballot. Felony charges can be brought to those who falsify.
- Every county has a bi-partisan canvassing board which has a clear duty to certify elections based on the official records of votes cast.
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Have questions about voting? See Washtenaw County Clerk’s “Information for Voters”
10. SUMMARY
- Know Voting Rights
- Share good information
- Help Voters Get To the Polls
- Security – Be Able to Defend It
BE SURE TO 
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