LANSING – Tuesday is the deadline to vote in Michigan for the Nov. 6 general election.

To register, applicants must be U.S. citizens, at least 18 years old by Election Day, and residents of the city or township in which they register.

Voters may register by mail or in person at their county, city or township clerk office, or by visiting any Secretary of State branch office.

Those who aren't sure whether they are registered to vote can verify their status on the website of the Michigan Secretary of State's Office.

Residents can also go to www.Michigan.gov/vote to obtain the address of their local clerk or to get a mail-in voter registration application.

Those who register by mail must have their applications postmarked by Tuesday.

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As of Oct. 6, the number of people registered to vote in the election was 7,436,194, Secretary of State's Office spokesman Fred Woodhams said Monday. That's a little behind the 2014 October number of 7,446,280, but ahead of the 2010 October number of 7,276,237, he said.

First-time voters who register by mail must vote in person in their first election, unless they hand-deliver the application to their local clerk, are 60 or older, are disabled, or are eligible to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

Michigan residents will vote for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, the state House and Senate, the Michigan Supreme Court, the U.S. Senate, and members of Congress, among other races. There are also proposals on recreational marijuana, gerrymandering and increasing access to voting.

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