MI HB4839

Allows clerks to provide annual absent voter ballot applications enabling electors to select any or all elections in the calendar year, with applications made available no more than 75 days before the first regular election date.

Permits the Secretary of State to provide absent voter ballot applications with more election options than local clerk versions, which local clerks must honor if the application otherwise complies with requirements.

Adds the Secretary of State's absent voter ballot application form as an officially recognized application method alongside written requests, clerk-provided forms, and federal postcard applications.

Removes villages from the list of jurisdictions where electors must apply for absent voter ballots, limiting applications to township or city clerks.

Updates absent voter ballot application form language to reference "primary election or special primary election" and "election or special election" to clarify applicability to both regular and special elections, and replaces "person" with "individual" throughout the statute for consistency.