Michigan
General Election
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
| Voter Registration Deadline | 11/5/2024 (in person) 10/21/2024 (online or by mail) |
| Online Voter Registration? | ✓ Yes (If there are 15+ days before an election) |
| Complete Vote By Mail Online? | ✓ Yes (recommended to submit 15+ days before an election so there is time to receive and return) |
| Complete Voter Registration Online? | ✓ Yes (If there are 15+ days before an election) |
| Same-Day In-Person Registration + Voting | ✓ Yes, with local clerk |
| In-Person Absentee/Early Voting Period | 10/26/2024 – 11/3/2024 (Early In Person) |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Eligibility | All eligible voters however: A voter must submit an absentee ballot application to their local clerk before an absentee ballot can be sent (unless they are on the permanent absentee voter list). Absentee ballots are available and distributed beginning 40 days before the election and voters can submit a completed absentee ballot application to their local clerk online, by mail or in person. |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Begins | 10/26/2024 – 11/3/2024 (Early in Person) 9/26/2024 – 8:00PM on 11/5/2024 (VBM) |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Deadline | 8:00 PM on 11/5/2024 |
| ID needed to Early Vote? | No, however: Voters should remember to bring an acceptable form of photo identification to an early voting site or to the polls on Election Day. However, a photo ID is not required to cast a ballot. Voters without a photo ID, or voters who forgot to bring their photo ID, can still vote after signing an Affidavit of Voter Not in Possession of Picture Identification. |
Candidate Comparison
Senate
Elissa Slotkin (D)
Mike Rogers (R)
| Slotkin voted for the PRO Act, which will strengthen the right to organize and protect workers who fight for better wages, benefits, and safer workplaces. [1] | Rogers voted multiple times to repeal wage protections for workers, and co-sponsored a bill to replace overtime pay with extra time off. Rogers voted against legislation that would strengthen workers’ freedom to organize and collectively bargain. [4] |
| Slotkin supports the Affordable Care Act, which provides affordable health insurance to more than 418,000 Michiganders, and she voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduced prescription drug prices and capped seniors’ insulin costs at $35. [2] | Rogers voted against Affordable Care Act and cast multiple votes to repeal it. He also voted against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices with drug manufacturers. [5] |
| Slotkin cosponsored the Food Secure Strikers Act, which ensures that striking workers receive access to SNAP benefits and prevents strikers and their families from being discriminated against. [3] | Rogers voted for a bill that effectively shut down the National Labor Relations Board temporarily and put the rights of millions of American workers in jeopardy. Rogers has not commented on the Food Secure Strikers Act and making sure striking workers and their families have access to SNAP benefits. [6] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- U.S. House, Roll Call 50, Protecting the Right to Organize Act, HR 2474, 116th Cong., 2/6/20, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202050;
“How the PRO Act restores workers’ right to unionize”, Economic Policy Institute, 4/4/2021, https://www.epi.org/publication/pro-act-problem-solution-chart/;
- “Elissa Slotkin promises to defend ACA, Social Security, and Medicare,” 5/7/24, GanderNewsroom.com, https://gandernewsroom.com/2024/05/07/elissa-slotkin-aca-medicare/;
“Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period Report: Final National Snapshot”, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 1/24/2024, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2024-open-enrollment-period-report-final-national-snapshot?mc_cid=4778a48794;
U.S. House, Roll Call 420, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, HR 5376, 117th Cong., 8/12/22, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420;
“On the First Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, Millions of Medicare Enrollees See Savings on Health Care Costs”, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 8/16/2023, https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/08/16/first-anniversary-inflation-reduction-act-millions-medicare-enrollees-savings-health-care-costs.html;
- U.S. House, Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023, HR 4845, 118th Cong., introduced 7/25/23, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4845/cosponsors;
“New: Adams, Fetterman, and Casar Introduce Bill to Provide SNAP Benefits for Striking Workers”, Adams.house.gov, 7/23/2023, https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-adams-fetterman-and-casar-introduce-bill-provide-snap-benefits;
- “Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws,” 5/31/12, AFLCIO.org, https://aflcio.org/scorecard/votes/2012/house/amendment-repeal-prevailing-wage-laws-0;
“Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws,” 7/10/14, AFLCIO.org, https://aflcio.org/scorecard/votes/2014/house/amendment-repeal-prevailing-wage-laws;
“Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws,” 6/4/13, AFLCIO.org, https://aflcio.org/scorecard/votes/2013/house/amendment-repeal-prevailing-wage-laws;
U.S. House, Family Time Flexibility Act, HR 1119, 108th Cong., introduced 3/6/03, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1119/cosponsors;
U.S. House, Roll Call 118, The Employee Free Choice Act, HR 800, 110th Cong., 3/1/07, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll118.xml;
- U.S. House, Roll Call 165, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HR 3590, 111th Cong., 3/21/10, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2010165;
“Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period Report: Final National Snapshot”, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 1/24/2024, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2024-open-enrollment-period-report-final-national-snapshot?mc_cid=4778a48794;
U.S. House, Roll Call 460, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 2010, HR 6079, 112th Cong., 7/11/12, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2012460;
U.S. House, Roll Call 154, To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, HR 45, 113th Cong., 5/16/13, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2013154;
U.S. House, Roll Call 23, Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, HR 4, 110th Cong., 1/12/07, Clerk.House.gov, https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/200723;
- “Preventing Greater Uncertainity in Labor-Management Relations Act,” 4/12/13, AFLCIO.org, https://aflcio.org/scorecard/votes/2013/house/preventing-greater-uncertainity-labor-management-relations-act;
“Issues,” accessed 8/19/24, RogersForSenate.com, https://www.rogersforsenate.com/issues;
“Mike Rogers says he supports UAW strike but fought against union consistently in Congress”, The Michigan Independent, 9/22/2023, https://michiganindependent.com/politics/mike-rogers-says-he-supports-uaw-strike-but-fought-against-union-consistently-in-congress/;