November 5, 2024
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The Time Is Now - Take Your Soles To The Polls!
Let’s turn out the vote
Phone Banker & Texter
Help us reach and mobilize thousands of votersCanvassing
Reach new and potential voters through this safe outreach method. Join a team for our weekday and weekend efforts to distribute voter education materials.Digital Organizing Corps
Everyone can participate! Like, share and repost our Take Your Soles To The Polls information.Poll Monitor/Watcher
Manage polling activity on Election Day and report any issues or challenges voters experience to NAACP Detroit Branch election protection hotline.
Early Vote Centers
October 19 - November 3
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Early Vote Centers and Drop Box Locations
Adams Butzel Recreation Complex
10500 Lyndon 48238
City Council District (7)
Butzel Family Center
7737 Kercheval 48214
City Council District (5)
Christ Temple Baptist Church
10628 Plymouth Rd. 48204
City Council District (7)
City Clerk Office
2 Woodward Ave. Ste. 106 48226
City Council District (6)
Clark Park
1130 Clark 48209
City Council District (6)
Department of Elections
2978 W. Grand Blvd. 48202
City Council District (5)
Farwell Recreation Center
2711 E. Outer Dr. 48234
City Council District (3)
Greater Grace Temple
23500 W. 7 Mile Rd. 48219
City Council District (1)
Heilman Community Center
19601 Crusade St. 48205
City Council District (3)
Kemeny Recreation Center
2260 S. Fort St. 48217
City Council District (6)
Northwest Activities Center
18100 Meyers Rd. 48235
City Council District (2)
Palmer Park Community Center
1121 Merrill Plaisance St. 48203
City Council District (2)
WCCCD Eastern Campus
5901 Conner 48213
City Council District (4)
WCCCD Northwest
8200 W. Outer Dr. 48219
City Council District (1)
Drop Box Locations Only
Balduck Park
5271 Canyon 48236
City Council District (4)
Considine Center
8904 Woodward Ave. 48202
City Council District (5)
Crowell Community Center
16630 Lahser Rd. 48219
City Council District (1)
Davison Service Yard
8221 W. Davison 48238
City Council District (7)
Detroit Pistons Performance Center
690 Amsterdam St. 48202
City Council District (6)
DWSD Eastside Customer Care Center
13303 E. McNichols 48205
City Council District (5)
Edison Library
18400 Joy Rd. 48228
City Council District (7)
Faith Temple
19000 Conant 48234
City Council District (3)
Greater Christ Baptist Church
3544 Iroquois Ave. 48214
City Council District (5)
Greater Emmanuel Institutional COGIC
19190 Schaefer Hwy. 48235
City Council District (2)
Greater St. Paul
15325 Gratiot Ave. 48205
City Council District (3)
Horatio Williams Foundation
1010 Antietam Ave. 48207
City Council District (5)
Liberty Temple Baptist Church
17188 Greenfield Rd. 48235
City Council District (2)
North Rosedale Park Community House
18445 Scarsdale 48223
City Council District (1)
Perfecting Church
7616 E. Nevada 48234
City Council District (3)
Renaissance Baptist Church
1045 E. Grand Blvd. 48207
City Council District (5)
Rouge Park Golf Course
11701 Burt Rd. 48228
City Council District (1)
Tindal Recreation Center
10301 W. 7 Mile Rd. 48221
City Council District (2)
WCCCD Downtown Campus
1001 W. Fort. 48226
City Council District (6)
William S. Ford Memorial Church
16400 W. Warren Ave. 48226
City Council District (7)
Need to find your polling location? Having issues at the polls?
On Election Day call the NAACP Detroit Branch Voter Hotline:
ABC’s Of Voting
A.) Vote Smart! Confirm your polling location and preview the ballot online before election day at www.michigan.gov/vote. If you receive a phone call, a mailing or see a flyer that seems to be incorrect, or in your opinion designed to discourage you from voting, call the NAACP Detroit Branch Vote Hotline immediately.
B.) Photo ID: At the polls you will be asked to present photo identification, BUT you can still vote without it. If you do not have a photo ID, ask the election worker to let you sign an “Affidavit of Voter Not in Possession of Picture ID.” After you sign it, you will be issued a ballot.
C.) Vote Free from Intimidation! No one can ask you or anyone else harassing questions in line. If this happens, stay in line and vote, report it to election workers at the poll, and then call it into the NAACP Detroit Branch Voter Hotline. You can still vote if you:
a. Have a criminal record (felony or misdemeanor) but have been released
b. Are out on parole or on probation
c. Are presently confined and awaiting trial
d. Owe child support
e. Have traffic tickets
D.) Ask for Help: Ask the election workers for help if you think you have made a mistake while voting, need voting instructions in in a different language, or if you have a disability and need special accommodations.
E.) Important Notes to Remember:
a. You still have the right to vote if the polls close, but you are in line by 8 p.m.
b. Election workers are not allowed to ask you to declare your citizenship at the polls
Our Vote, Our Voice
We know that if people of color and specifically black voters participated in elections at the same rate as white voters have we would have a progressive majority. Black voters are skeptical of the political establishment, unhappy with candidate choices, frustrated with structural and institutional racism, slow job growth, no wage growth, the rising costs of healthcare, the rising cost of college and the rising cost of housing, and disturbed about police violence. We can address many of these issues by electing the right individuals and passing the right legislation.
In 1997 the NAACP Detroit Branch launched our Take Your Soles to the Polls campaign in the City of Detroit under the leadership of our president, Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony. The four pillars of the campaign are:
Registration - expanding the electorate
Education - knowing your voting rights
Mobilization - encouraging voter participation in elections
Protection - ensuring all votes are counted
This campaign has engaged voters across the city of Detroit for over 20 years, gained nationwide attention and has been replicated in many other NAACP units.
Our most recent success was our involvement in the campaign to expand voting rights in Michigan in 2018. The proposal was passed by over 2 million voters in the State of Michigan and overwhelmingly supported by citizens from Detroit.