City Elections are held in the City of Ann Arbor every year. Elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August (Primary) and November (General). School Board elections and other special elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Other special elections may also be scheduled for the fourth Tuesday in February as needed. The City Clerk is the City's chief elections officer and is responsible for the administration of all City Elections. One councilmember from each of the City's five wards is elected each year in November. The Mayor is elected in even-year elections in November. 

November 4, 2008 General Election

All City polling places will be open on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

The last day to register to vote for the November 4, 2008 General Election was Monday, October 6, 2008. Please call the City Clerk at 734-794-6140 for more information or to check the status of your voter registration in the City.

All pollworker positions for the November 4, 2008 General Election have been filled. Thank you to all residents who signed up to be a part of this election. We had an amazing response to our request for new election inspectors. Thank you city voters and Ann Arbor area high school students for your commitment to the City's elections!  For more information about working at the polling places, email us at Recruiters@a2gov.org.

Avoid the lines on Election Day! If you meet one of the following criteria, you are eligible to appy for an absentee ballot:

• 60 years of age or older
• absent from the community on Election Day
• physically unable to vote at the polls without assistance of another person
• unable to attend the polls because of religious beliefs
• appointed a pollworker in a precinct other than your own
• confined to jail awaiting trial or arraignment

Call the City Clerk for more information about absentee ballots or complete the attached request form and return it to the City Clerk at 100 N. Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 or fax - 734-994-8296.

Absentee ballot application form

All returned absentee ballot envelopes are sent to the precincts on Election Day for processing and tabulation. Your absentee ballot is counted in your assigned ward and precinct along with all of the in-person votes cast on that day!

City residents can check their voter registration status on the web by accessing the Secretary of State's voter information center at www.Michigan.gov/vote.

City of Ann Arbor Local Candidates and Charter Amendment Language

Ann Arbor City - Mayor

One 2-Year Term

Ann Arbor City - City Council Ward 1

One 2-Year Term

Ann Arbor City - City Council Ward 2

One 2-Year Term

Ann Arbor City - City Council Ward 3

One 2-Year Term

Ann Arbor City - City Council Ward 4

One 2-Year Term

Ann Arbor City - City Council Ward 5

One 2-Year Term

CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRING VOTER APPROVALOF THE SALE OF CITY-OWNED LAND ACQUIRED FOR OR USED AS PARKLAND

Shall Section 14.3(b) of the Ann Arbor City Charter be amended to require voter approval for the sale of any land within the City purchased, acquired or used for park land, while retaining the Section’s current requirement for voter approval of the sale of any park land that is designated as park land in the City of Ann Arbor Master Plan at the time of the proposed sale?

Additional ballot information, including State and County offices and candidates, can be found on the Washtenaw County Clerk's Office Election website.

Washtenaw County Elections 

Ann Arbor Voter Information