Voter & Election Information

Secure Ballot  Material Drop Boxes are now available for you to send your
Absentee Ballot Applications back to our office.
We collect items returned every business day .
Both locations have 24 hour surveillance video cameras and lighting. 

News from the Clerks’ office

Many Local, County and State Commissions have been working with the released 2020 Census Data.  The information released continues to show growth in population for East Bay. The Clerks’ office, Township Election Commission and Township Board of Trustees have completed the update to our Precinct Voting Maps and voting locations to better accommodate our voters. There are several areas that will affect you that we wanted to make you aware of and have provided the township voting precinct map  for your convenience (click here to see the map):

Locally: East Bay Charter Township has experienced quite a bit of growth since the last Census in 2010. Because of this growth, we needed to make adjustments to our voting precinct sizes.  To accomplish this, the Township Election Commission approved the creation of 5 Election Day voting Precincts. With this change, Precinct #1 voting location has changed. If you live in this precinct and want to vote in person, your Precinct is now at the Grand Traverse Metro Administration Office located at 897 Parsons Road. Precincts #4 and #5 vote at the East Bay Charter Township Hall 1965 N. Three Mile Road, with Precinct #4 voting at the South Conference Room and Precinct #5 voting at the North Conference Room. Precincts #2 and #3 will continue to vote at East Bay Station 9 located at 110 High Lake Road. Please click here for a detailed precinct map.

County wide: Grand Traverse County Commissioners has been adjusted to 9 commissioners from 7. This takes effect January 2023. For East Bay, this means that if you reside in voting Precinct 1, 4 or the new precinct 5, you are represented by NEW County Commissioner District 5. If you reside in voting Precinct 2 or 3, you are represented by New County Commissioner District 6.

Statewide: As of the date of this publication the State Redistricting Commission has not completed their process for the House of Representatives or the Congressional Districts. We will place information on our website as more information is available.

Because of these changes, Clerk departments throughout Michigan are required to send out new voter Identification Cards. You should receive your new ID card sometime after the New Year. If you do not receive your East Bay Voter Identification card by May 2022, please contact us. We have added several important options on this card; on the front of the card is a square QR code, if you have a smart phone, you can scan this square and be directed to the Voting Information page on our website. This will allow you access to the most up to date information on elections as well as all Township news.  Additionally, on the back of the ID card, is a tear off strip that will allow you to sign up to provide written permission for us to send you a Permanent Absent Voter Applications before every election. It is not necessary for you to re-sign up if you already receive this service.  Please do not return the entire ID card, only the signed tear off section.

Finally: If you are interested in serving our community as an Election Inspector and are able to work on average a 16-hour day, please sign up using the application on our website. Once received we will work on scheduling the mandatory certification training to allow you to be part of this important process.

Susanne M. Courtade MiPMC²/MMC, Clerk                                          Holly L. Couturier, Deputy Clerk