Ferndale Approves New Precincts and Polling Locations

Ferndale Approves New Precincts and Polling Locations
(City of Ferndale, Dec. 16, 2015)
Ferndale, MI—Election polling locations will change for residents of the City of Ferndale, effective Jan. 1, 2016. The revised polling locations were presented by the City Clerk and adopted by Council at Monday evening’s Ferndale City Council meeting.
According to Ferndale City Clerk Marne McGrath, the precinct changes were proposed to alleviate long wait times during national elections as well as to accommodate redistricting by local school districts.
“Several of our voting precinct hosts—including Ferndale’s Taft School, University High School, and Harding Administration Building and Hazel Park’s Edison School—have been eliminated as part of the school districts’ efforts to restructure and reassess their facility needs,” McGrath said. “The loss of four precinct facilities dictated our need to reassess polling locations.”
McGrath said that the new precincts should also reduce wait times at larger elections.
“Turnout in the 2012 presidential election was 63%, with 10,379 voters participating and line wait times of two hours or more reported,” McGrath said. “While several factors contributed to the wait times, the City decided it would be prudent to expand the number of voting locations.”
The number of polling locations will increase from seven to nine, with a reduction in the average number of voters per precinct from 2,225 to 1,900.
McGrath said that all voters, regardless of precinct or change status, will receive new voter identification cards via mail in January. In addition, new precinct maps and other essential voting information will be included in the City’s quarterly newsletter (mailed in January), on the City’s social media sites, and on the City’s website at www.ferndalemi.gov.
The new precincts are as follows:
~Pct. 1— Vote at Renaissance Vineyard Church
Boundaries are unchanged (City limits to the north and west, West Nine Mile, and Woodward Ave.)
~Pct. 2—Vote at Ferndale High School
Boundaries are West Nine Mile to Pinecrest, along Pinecrest to Marshfield, along Marshfield to Livernois, and south to West Eight Mile
~Pct. 3—Vote at Kulick Community Center
Boundaries are Woodward Avenue, West Marshall, Livernois and West Eight Mile
~Pct. 4—Vote at Coolidge School
Boundaries are Ten Mile, Hilton, East Cambourne (north side), and Woodward Avenue
~Pct. 5—Vote at Ferndale Area District Library
Boundaries are Academy (south side), Railroad Tracks, East Eight Mile, and Woodward Avenue
~Pct. 6—Vote at Ferndale Free Methodist Church
Boundaries are Ten Mile, City Limits, Orchard (north side), and Hilton
~Pct. 7—Vote at Ferndale Activities Center/Curling Club
Boundaries are Orchard (south side), City Limits, Railroad Tracks then north on Hilton, and East Eight Mile
~Pct. 8—Vote at Autumn House
Boundaries are East Cambourne (south side), Hilton, Academy (north side), and Woodward Ave.
~Pct. 9—Vote at Kulick Community Center
Boundaries are West Nine Mile, Pinecrest to Marshfield, to Livernois north to Marshall, Marshall to Woodward Ave.
If you have questions about Ferndale’s revised polling locations, please contact City Clerk Marne McGrath at 248-546-2525 ext. 105.
 

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