Detroit early voting ends Sunday at eight sites before the Nov. 3 election

Detroit has given itself several ways to vote early this fall, and the clock on the biggest one is running down.

The city's nine days of early in-person voting run through Sunday, Nov. 1, at eight centers open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can cast a full ballot at any of them: the City Clerk's Office at 2 Woodward Ave. Ste 106, the Northwest Activities Center, Clark Park, Farwell Recreation Center, Adams Butzel Recreation Complex, the Department of Elections, and the two Wayne County Community College District campuses on Outer Drive and Conner.

If Sunday slips by, there's one more day. On Monday, Nov. 2, two sites stay open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.: the City Clerk's Office in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center at 2 Woodward Ave. and the Department of Elections.

Then comes Election Day. Polls across the city are open Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Holding an absentee ballot? Get it in early. City Clerk Janice Winfrey asked voters to plan to return it by Friday, Oct. 30. Michigan law lets ballots arrive until 8 p.m. on Election Day, and postmarks don't count, so a ballot mailed late can miss the window. You can place it in any of Detroit's ballot drop box sites by hand or hand it to an elections office.

Not registered yet, or just moved? You still have time. "You can register to vote in person with proof of residency even on Election Day," Fox 2 Detroit reported, so a move or a missed deadline doesn't have to keep you home.

There's real weight on this ballot. Every Michigander picks a governor, a secretary of state, an attorney general, and a U.S. senator, plus Proposal 1 on revising the state constitution and Proposal 2 on money out of politics.

However you choose, the point is simple: vote while the doors are open.