Residents in the Yale Public School District will vote at the Emmett Township Hall located at 11100 Dunnigan Rd, Emmett MI for the May 6, 2025 Special Election.
The Riley Township office will be open on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 between the hours of 9 am to 5 pm and on Tuesday, May 6th until 8 pm for any election questions and registrations.
Riley Township will canvass votes from Early Voting and canvass precinct votes for the August State Primary Election on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 beginning at 8:05pm in the Township Hall at 13016 Belle River Rd., Riley MI 48041.
Carol Miller, Township Clerk
January 29, 2024
Becoming an Election Inspector is a Civic Duty that ensures the election process and democracy is carried out with both integrity and transparency.
Learn how you can carryout this vital Civic Duty and become part of this collective process in the upcoming 2024 elections.
Elections Inspectors are needed for the following:
Contact the Riley Township Clerk’s Office today!
Email: Clerk@rileytownship.com
Presidential Primary Election: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Primary Election: Tuesday, August 6, 2024
General Election: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
In order to vote in any election in Michigan, you must be 18 years of age on or before Election Day, and you must be registered to vote.
Polling location is at Riley Township Hall located at 13016 Belle River Road, Riley, MI.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day.
For more Election information – click HERE
Early Voting Precinct is located at Riley Township Hall 13016 Belle River Road, Riley, MI
Early Voting will be available to all qualified & registered voters of Riley Township for all Statewide and Federal Elections.
All qualified electors have the right to mark a ballot and deposit that ballot in a tabulator during the Early Voting Period beginning on the second Saturday before an election and ending on the Sunday before Election Day.
Early Voting will be open to qualified electors on each day during the Early Voting Period:
8am – 4pm Saturday
8am – 4pm Sunday
8am – 4pm Monday
8am – 4pm Tuesday
8am – 4pm Wednesday
8am – 4pm Thursday
8am – 4pm Friday
9am – 5pm Saturday
8am – 4pm Sunday
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Clerk’s Office at 810-392-2326 ext. 102 or clerk@rileytownship.com
Register to Vote Up to 15 Days Prior to Election – Voters can register at any Secretary of State office, any State designated agency, County Clerk’s Office, Township Clerk’s Office, mail or internet.
Register to Vote 14 Days Prior to Election through Election Day 8:00 p.m. – Voters can register at their local Clerk’s Office in person to be eligible to vote Election Day.
Voter Registration Deadline – Election Day – 8:00 p.m.
Absent Voter Ballot Application Fillable
Apply Online for Absent Voter Ballot
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If residents will be out of the community on Election Day or need any information regarding the upcoming election, contact the Township Clerk’s Office at (810) 392-2326.
ONLY THE VOTER CAN SIGN THEIR OWN ABSENT VOTER BALLOT APPLICATION OR BALLOT ENVELOPE – NEVER SIGN THE VOTER’S SIGNATURE FOR THEM.
Under Michigan Election Law, Power of Attorney is NOT applicable AND ANY SIGNATURE THAT IS NOT THE VOTER’S SIGNATURE IS ILLEGAL AND PUNISHABLE AS A FELONY!
If a voter’s signature has changed do to age or medical condition, the voter must still sign or make their own mark on the Absent Voter Ballot Envelope.
A voter’s signature or mark MUST match the voter file to be counted and can be updated at any time at the Clerk’s office.
Filing Deadlines for Candidates in August Primary and November General Elections 2024
Affidavit of Identity and Receipt of Filing
Petition Signature Requirement Chart
Petition-Partisan Candidate Nominating
Petition-Candidate Without Party Affiliation
Statement of Organization Form for Local Candidate Committees
ELECTED OFFICIALS STATUTORY DUTIES
Moderates board and annual meetings
Chief assessing officer (if certified)
Secretary to Board of Review
Township’s legal agent
Must maintain records of supervisor’s office
Responsible for tax allocation board budget (if applicable)
Develops township budget
Appoints some commission members
Member of township elections commission (general law township only, not in a charter township)
May call special meetings
May appoint a deputy
May administer the oath of office
What is extent of a supervisor’s authority as legal agent for the township?
MCL 41.2(4) provides that:
“(4) A suit, act, or proceeding, by or against a township, in its corporate capacity, shall be in the name of the township. The supervisor of each township shall be the agent for his or her township for the transaction of legal business, by whom a suit may be brought and defended, and upon whom process against the township shall be served.”
The supervisor’s position as legal agent for the township is a statutory duty of the supervisor.
The supervisor does not, however, have unfettered authority to do as he or she desires. The supervisor must exercise this agent’s authority in a manner consistent with township board decisions regarding legal business.
Township Clerk Core Competencies
– Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.31(l), stipulates that all newly elected and appointed township election officials must complete the Election Officials Accreditation process within six months prior to conducting their first election. Go to the Secretary of State’s website for more information.
