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January 13, 2023
PORTAGE – The Secretary of State office in Portage will be closed next week for a remodeling project, but most residents can go online to Michigan.gov/SOS instead for their transactions.
The office at 603 Romence Rd. will not open on Tuesday, Jan. 17 following the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday closure on Monday and will resume normal service at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 23.
Carpet will be replaced throughout the office.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s administration has doubled the number of services available online and now most transactions can be done from computer, tablet or mobile phone.
Self-service stations are available for instant registration, driver’s license and ID renewals, as well as some other transactions. There are machines located in the Meijer stores at 8850 Shaver Rd. and 5121 S. Westnedge Ave. in Portage.
Residents who need to come into an office for Secretary of State services during the remodeling period may schedule their visit at the next closest offices at Michigan.gov/SOS or by calling 888-767-6424. The nearest offices are located at 3298 Stadium Dr. in Kalamazoo and 5420 Beckley Rd. in Battle Creek. Both offices are open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Wednesdays, when the hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The Board of State Canvassers will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, in Room 1100 of the Binsfeld Office Building, 201 Townsend St. in Lansing.
The bipartisan Board of State Canvassers today voted unanimously to certify Michigan’s 2024 General Election results. Prior to today’s state canvassers' meeting, bipartisan canvassing boards in each of Michigan’s 83 counties certified the election results in their jurisdictions before the legal deadline.
The Board of State Canvassers will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Nov. 22 in Room 1100 of the Binsfeld Office Building, 201 Townsend St. in Lansing.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou, and Rep. Stephanie Young today issued the following statements on House passage of HB 4127 and HB 4128, restricting firearms at polling locations while voting is taking place:
With less than 24 hours until the polls open on Election Day, Nov. 5, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today announced that more than 3.2 million Michigan citizens have already cast their ballot in the General Election.
The Secretary of State office at 1040 S. Winter St. in Adrian will be closed for two days during a remodeling project, but most residents can go online to Michigan.gov/SOS instead for their transactions.
Today, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit made the following statement on charges filed against a non-U.S. citizen for allegedly illegally registering to vote and casting a ballot in the 2024 General Election:
With one week before polls open on Election Day, almost 2 million Michigan voters have already cast their ballot in the General Election – nearly a quarter of Michigan’s active registered voters.
With less than a week before the Nov. 5 General Election, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson advised voters to make their travel arrangements for casting a ballot at the polls or an early voting site.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today announced that 145,134 Michigan voters cast their vote on the state’s first day of early voting, far exceeding the expectations of state and local election officials.
