FLINT, Mich. — Flint’s Third Ward voters will go to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 5, to elect a new City Council member and fill a seat that has been vacant since September 2024.
Candidates Beverly Biggs-Leavy and A.C. Dumas will face off in the August general election after finishing in a 165-vote tie during the May special election.
The seat was previously held by Councilman Quincy Murphy, who died in September 2024 while serving a term ending in November 2026. The council did not appoint a replacement, leaving the seat vacant for several months.
The winner of the upcoming election will serve the remainder of Murphy’s term through November 2026.
According to the Flint City Clerk’s Office, only residents of the original, or “old,” Third Ward district are eligible to vote in the Aug. 5 special election. Voters with questions about their eligibility are encouraged to contact the Clerk’s Office directly.
Voters who have received Absent Voter Ballots but have not yet mailed them are encouraged to use one of the city’s secure drop boxes, which are available 24 hours a day until 8 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots can be dropped off at the following locations:
- In front of Flint City Hall – 1101 S. Saginaw Street;
- In front of the Flint Police Department – 210 E. Fifth Street;
- Flint Fire Station No. 3 – 1525 M.L. King Avenue;
- Flint Fire Station No. 5 – 3402 Western Road;
- Flint Fire Station No. 6 – 716 W. Pierson Road; and
- Flint Fire Station No. 8 – 202 E. Atherton Road.
The precinct locations are:
- PRECINCT 7 – Berston Field House, 3300 N. Saginaw Street;
- PRECINCTS 8 and 9 – Avery Aldridge Activity Center, 1185 E. Foss Avenue
- PRECINCT 10 – St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1922 Iowa Avenue.
All Third Ward voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day.