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Johnson, Jr</a></strong><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/LAQ8AZzIdsU?feature=shared"class="off-domain-link">., Executive Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights</a></li> <li><strong><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/vadVPdq-_dI?feature=shared"class="off-domain-link">Kamilia Landrum</a></strong><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/vadVPdq-_dI?feature=shared"class="off-domain-link">, Executive Director of the Detroit Branch NAACP</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/vadVPdq-_dI?feature=shared"class="off-domain-link"></a><strong>Luke Londo</strong>, Secretary of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and the first openly LGBTQ+ individual to serve on the Commission (coming soon)</li> <li><strong>Zenna Elhasan</strong>, member of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (coming soon)</li> </ul> <h2>Did you know?</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Michigan residents have the right to:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Home/RegisterToVote"class="off-domain-link">Same-day voter registration</a></li> <li><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Home/RegisterToVote"class="off-domain-link"></a><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/early-in-person-voting"class="off-domain-link">Early voting</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/early-in-person-voting"class="off-domain-link"></a><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Home/VoteAtHome"class="off-domain-link">Absentee ballots</a></li> <li><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Home/VoteAtHome"class="off-domain-link"></a><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index/#yourclerk"class="off-domain-link">Voting by drop box</a></li> <li><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index/#yourclerk"class="off-domain-link"></a><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Home/AccessibleVoting"class="off-domain-link">Accessible voting, including physical polling places, ballots and machines</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>If you are a returning citizen, you can vote.</strong> <ul> <li><strong></strong>If you have a past conviction, you can vote. Individuals with felony convictions automatically have their right to vote restored once they have served their time.</li> <li>If you are in or out of jail waiting to be sentenced, you can vote.</li> <li>If you are on parole, you can vote.</li> <li>If you are on probation, you can vote.</li> <li>If you recently received or renewed a Michigan ID or driver’s license, you are registered to vote.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>If you are homeless or housing unstable/insecure, you can vote.</strong> <ul> <li><strong></strong>While there is a 30-day residency requirement for elections, you can register to vote by listing a street corner, shelter, park or any other place you usually stay as your address. 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