MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – The 2010 Census and the 2011 redistricting process – remember those – will force some Muskegon County voters Tuesday to different polling locations.

The population changes in the county caused some precinct boundaries to be redrawn. In addition, the closing of some school buildings in Muskegon Heights caused major changes in polling locations.

Registered voters who live in locations affected by these changes were mailed new voter ID cards, which included the polling location.

Muskegon County voters also can find their polling places through a map on the County Clerk's website. The online link for those precinct maps is http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/clerk/elections/precinctmaps.htm. Voters can also call their city or township clerk for information on their polling location.

Any registered voter in the state can access their polling location and a sample ballot on a Secretary of State website. Go to Michigan.gov/vote and fill in some basic information to access the information.

In Muskegon Heights, city officials were forced to find some new polling locations after the closing of some school buildings. On Tuesday, the voters will head to Hope Lighthouse Church, 2640 Peck, for precinct 1, William Burrell Multiplex, 415 E. Sherman, for precincts 2 and 4, and City Hall, 2724 Peck, for precinct 3.

Voters in the cities of Muskegon and Norton Shores and the townships of Dalton, Fruitland, Fruitport, Muskegon and Laketon may have had their polling places changed due to new precinct boundaries.

The polls are open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday.

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