The Michigan Bureau of Elections has launched an accessible absent voter ballot application that can be used to apply for an accessible electronic absent voter ballot for the August Election. Blind voters and others with severe disabilities that prevent them from voting absent voter ballots privately and independently can mark the documents on an electronic device, using their own assistive technology, without visiting a polling place or clerk’s office.

This accessible application and ballot are being used for the August election as the state develops a permanent solution for November. For November, the state has launched a request for proposals and is accepting public bids now.

Voters have numerous options to vote safely this election, some of which are new, due to the constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2018. Those options include absentee by mail, absentee at a ballot dropbox, in-person absentee at their local clerk’s office or satellite office, or at a polling location on election day.

The application is available at www.michigan.gov