FAQ's

Department Name	First Name	Last Name	Profession	Email	Phone
City Manager's Office	Sarah	Bek	Deputy Clerk/Administrative Assistant	Contact	(231)-347-2500
Finance	Alan	Terry	City Clerk	Contact	(231)-347-2500
Finance	Audrey	Plath	Deputy Clerk/Finance Supervisor	Contact	(231)-347-2500

Contact the Emmet County Clerk's office at 231-348-1744 or http://www.emmetcounty.org/officials-departments/county-clerk/

There are multiple ways to register to vote or change your registration status.

1. Visit your local City Clerk's office for an application.
2. Stop by a Secretary of State Branch Office.
3. Complete a mail-in registration form and send it to your local Clerk.

Click here to view voter registration application.

Only City of Petoskey registered voters in all four wards vote at the Grand Unity Event Center, 1106 Charlevoix Avenue, Petoskey, from 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. on the date of the election.

It is State law that you show photo identification when voting at the polls (i.e. drivers license, passport, etc.)

First fill out an absentee ballot application at City Hall or obtain a printable version from the State of Michigan website.  Complete and submit applications to the City Clerk, once received a ballot will be issued.

Click here for the Michigan Voter Information Center (MVIC). 

Yes.  If you wish to be on the permanent list to receive an absentee ballot application for every election, please click here and complete and submit the form to the City Clerk.

No.  You are the only person that may pick up your ballot, or it can be mailed to you.

1. The voter.
2. A member of the voter's immediate family who has been asked to return the ballot.
3. A person residing in the voter's household who has been asked to return the ballot.
4. A person whose job normally includes the handling of mail.
5. An authorized election official.