Hello! These are links compiled by the K Votes team. Please let us know if you have any questions or issues! (email: moises.hernandez@kzoo.edu)
We have specific links for the top three states that K Students are from. If your state is not one of these, you can use the third party links, they are safe. If you feel more comfortable using your state’s website, search for your state’s Secretary of State website and go to the elections tab.
Voting Links
Links to Find Your Polling Place:
Links to Find Out What’s on Your Ballot:
View a Michigan sample ballot: https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/PublicBallot/Index
Voting Guides by State from Campus Elections Engagement Program: https://campuselect.org/voter-education/candidate-issue-guides
Links to Request an Absentee Ballot:
Request a Michigan absentee ballot: https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/AVApplication/Index
Track your MI absentee ballot: https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index
Request an Illinois absentee ballot: https://www.elections.il.gov/Election/VotingByMail
You do not need to apply for an absentee ballot to be sent if you are a registered CA voter, it will be sent AUTOMATICALLY. More information here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail/#vote-by-mail
Track your CA absentee ballot: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status
Request an absentee ballot if you’re an American overseas: https://www.fvap.gov/
Request an absentee ballot for any state: https://www.vote.org/absentee-ballot/
Combating Voter Suppression:
Know your rights: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/voting-rights/#someone-is-interfering-with-my-right-to-vote
Report intimidation to the Election Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE or 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (en Español)
Report intimidation to your local election officials (find their information at https://www.usa.gov/election-office)
Kalamazoo Information
Secretary of State Office:
3298 Stadium Drive
Kalamazoo, MI. 49008
City of Kalamazoo Clerk’s Office:
Scott Borling, City Clerk
241 W. South St.
Room 104
Kalamazoo, MI. 49007
Not sure who your local clerk is, what precinct you are in, or where to vote?
Check out the Michigan Voter Information Center! A great online tool that will provide you with all that information, and more, as well as let you view your sample ballot!