Was My Vote Counted? How to Track Your Vote in Washington

 

Many states offer online ballot tracking systems, others require contacting election officials. in either case, it's a good idea to confirm that your vote was actually counted.


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Here's how to see whether your absentee ballot has been counted:

Alabama

Alabama voters can check the status of their absentee ballots online by entering their voter information at https://myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/voterview.

Alaska 

Alaska voters can check the status of their absentee ballots online at https://myvoterinformation.alaska.gov/.

Voters who chose to keep their residence addresses private can contact an Elections Regional Office to get more information about their mail-in ballots.

Arizona

Arizona voters can confirm the status of their absentee ballots online at https://my.arizona.vote/AbsenteeTracker.aspx

Maricopa County residents can opt in to text updates, according to Fox 10 Phoenix.

Arkansas

Voters in Arkansas can see if their mail-in ballots were accepted online at https://www.voterview.ar-nova.org/voterview.

California

California offers online absentee-ballot tracking at https://california.ballottrax.net/voter.

Colorado

Voters in Colorado can see whether their absentee ballots have been processed at https://colorado.ballottrax.net/voter/

Connecticut

Connecticut voters can check the processing status of their absentee ballots online at https://portaldir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx.

Delaware

Voters in Delaware can check the status of their absentee ballots online at https://ivote.de.gov/voterview

District of Columbia

Washington, D.C., voters can see if their absentee ballots were counted online at https://www.dcboe.org/Voters/Absentee-Voting/Track-Absentee-Ballot.

Florida

Voters in Florida can check their voting status at https://registration.elections.myflorida.com/CheckVoterStatus

Georgia

Georgia offers online mail-in ballot tracking at https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do

Hawaii

Voters in Hawaii can see if their County Elections Division received their mail-in ballots online at https://ballotstatus.hawaii.gov/ballotreceipt

Idaho

Idaho voters can check the status of their absentee ballots online at https://elections.sos.idaho.gov/ElectionLink/ElectionLink/VoterSearch.aspx.

Illinois

Some Illinois counties and the city of Chicago allow voters to see whether their mail-in ballots were accepted online, but the state itself does not have a digital statewide ballot-tracking tool.

Illinois voters should search online for their specific counties to see whether they can track ballots online or if they have to call their local election authorities for ballot status information. 

Indiana

To check the status of Indiana absentee ballots online, voters must log in to their voter portals at https://indianavoters.in.gov/MVPHome/PrintDocuments

Iowa

Iowa offers online absentee-ballot tracking at https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/absenteeballotstatus/absentee/search.

Kansas

Voters in Kansas can track the status of their mail-in ballots at https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/voterview.

Kentucky

Kentucky voters can see whether their absentee ballots have been accepted through an online voter portal at https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb/govoteky.

Louisiana

Louisiana offers absentee-ballot tracking through online voter portals at https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/VoterLogin

Maine

Maine has an absentee-ballot tracking system at https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/ballot_status.pl

Maryland

Maryland voters can visit the state’s voter look-up portal to check the status of their mail-in ballots at https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/VoterSearch.

Massachusetts

Voters in Massachusetts can track their absentee ballots at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/wheredoivotema/track/trackmyballot.aspx

Michigan

Michigan voters can track their absentee ballots online at https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Voter/Index

Minnesota

Voters in Minnesota can check the status of their absentee ballots online at https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/AbsenteeBallotStatus.aspx.

Mississippi

Mississippi does not have a digital statewide ballot tracking tool.

Voters can contact their county election authorities for ballot status information. 

Missouri

Missouri also does not have an online ballot-tracking tool for voters. 

Voters can call their local election authorities for more information. 

Montana

Montana voters can check the status of their absentee ballots on the state’s digital “My Voter Page” at https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo/.

Nebraska

Voters in Nebraska can see whether their absentee ballots were accepted online at https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/voterview

Nevada

Nevada offers an online system for voters to track their ballots at https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/elections/voters/tracking

https://nevada.ballottrax.net/voter/

Voters can opt in to text message and email alerts to get ballot tracking updates.

NEWl: 2022 Nevada Ballot Cure Process - CHECK YOUR MAIL OR EMAIL FOR ANY CURE THAT MAY BE REQUIRED

The deadline to cure (correct) your absentee/mail ballot is November 15, 2022. The county clerk’s office will contact you via letter, phone, or email if any errors are found. The notice will include the necessary information and instructions to correct your ballot on time. Additionally, you can track your ballot through your state’s online tool. If you voted a provisional ballot, you can check the status of your ballot with the unique affirmation number issued to you at your polling place by calling (877) 766-8683. Provisional Ballot Status information is available beginning on November 15th, 2022.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire voters can conduct a mail-in ballot search online at https://app.sos.nh.gov/Public/AbsenteeBallot.aspx.

New Jersey

Voters in New Jersey can track the progress of their absentee ballots online at https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote-track-my-ballot.shtml

The New Jersey voter website states that “due to historically high volume” of mail-in ballots,” those “deposited in Secure Ballot Drop Box locations may take up to one week to show up as ‘Received,’” and those sent “via U.S. Mail may take up to two weeks to show up as ‘Received’ in the Track My Ballot tool.”

New Mexico

New Mexico offers an online ballot tracking service at https://voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/WhereToVote.aspx?tab=AbsenteeTracker.

Absentee ballots also come with Intelligent Mail Barcodes so voters can manually search the status of the ballots, or they can contact a county clerk’s office.

New York

New York voters can track their mail-in ballots online at https://nysballot.elections.ny.gov/TrackMyBallot/Search.

North Carolina

North Carolina offers an online absentee ballot tracking service at https://northcarolina.ballottrax.net/voter/

North Dakota

Votes in North Dakota can track their ballots online at https://vip.sos.nd.gov/AbsenteeTracker.aspx

Ohio

Ohio offers a county-by-county ballot tracking system at https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/toolkit/ballot-tracking/

Voters can click on their county using an interactive map on the Ohio state secretary’s website to track their ballots.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma voters can use the state’s online voter portal to see whether their absentee ballots have been accepted at https://okvoterportal.okelections.us/

Oregon

Voters in Oregon can track their ballots online at https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/vr/showVoterSearch.do

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania offers an online ballot tracking tool at https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/pages/ballottracking.aspx

Rhode Island

Rhode Island voters can track absentee ballots online at https://vote.sos.ri.gov/Home/UpdateVoterRecord?ActiveFlag=3

South Carolina

South Carolina voters can submit an absentee ballot status request form online at https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/voterinquiry/VoterInformationRequest.aspx?PageMode=AbsenteeInfo

South Dakota

Voters in South Dakota can track their absentee ballots online at https://vip.sdsos.gov/VIPLogin.aspx

Tennessee

Tennessee voters can see whether their absentee ballots have been accepted online at https://tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/

Texas

Only active military members, eligible family members and other Texas residents living overseas can track absentee ballots in Texas. 

To do this, military members or other eligible voters must apply a Prepaid Mail Label 11-DoD to their absentee ballots at Military Postal Office locations.

Voters can contact their county clerks for more information.

Utah

Utah offers an absentee ballot tracking tool at https://votesearch.utah.gov/voter-search/search/search-by-voter/track-mail-ballot

Vermont

Vermont voters can track the status of their absentee ballots on the state’s digital voter portal at https://mvp.vermont.gov/

Virginia

Voters in Virginia can also track their absentee ballots by logging into an online voter portal at https://www.elections.virginia.gov/citizen-portal/

Washington

Washington offers an online ballot tracking system at https://voter.votewa.gov/WhereToVote.aspx

West Virginia

West Virginia voters can track their absentee ballots online at https://services.sos.wv.gov/Elections/Voter/AbsenteeBallotTracking

Wisconsin

Voters in Wisconsin can check to see whether their mail-in ballots have been accepted at https://myvote.wi.gov/en-US/MyVoterInfo

If there was a problem with the signature of your mailed in ballot, most states have a Signature Cure Process

Source: National Council of State Legislatures

This table is part of NCSL’s Voting Outside the Polling Place report.

It is not uncommon for an absentee/mail ballot to be returned in an envelope that has a problem, such as a missing signature or a signature that doesn’t match the one in the voter's record.

Some states have a process in statute for voters to “cure” these mistakes in time for the ballot to be counted. These states notify voters that there was a problem and then provide the voters with a process and time frame to verify that the ballot is indeed theirs. In states that do not have such a process, ballots with missing or mismatched signatures on the envelope are not counted.

Twenty-four states require election officials to notify voters when there is a missing signature or a signature discrepancy—and require that voters must be given an opportunity to correct it. Details are provided in the table below.

State Notification Process Correction Process

Arizona

Ariz. Rev. Stat. §16-550
Election officials shall make reasonable efforts to contact the voter, advise the voter of the inconsistent signature, and allow the voter to correct or the county to confirm the inconsistent signature. Voters have until the fifth business day after an election to correct a signature.

California

CA Elect Code § 3019
Voters of ballots with mismatching signatures are notified a minimum of eight days prior to certification of the election. Voters have until 5 p.m. two days prior to certification of the election to provide a signature verification statement in person. If a voter fails to sign the absentee ballot envelope, they have until 5 p.m. on the eighth day after the election to submit an unsigned ballot statement.

Colorado

Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-7.5-107.3
Voters of ballots with missing/mismatching signatures are notified by mail within three days (or within two days after the election) of any discrepancy. A confirmation form accompanying the letter must be returned to the county clerk and recorder within eight days after Election Day to count.

Florida

Flor. Stat. § 101.68
County election supervisors shall notify any voter whose signature is missing or doesn’t match records. Voters may cure ballots until 5 p.m. on the second day after the election.

Georgia

Georgia Code § 21-2-386
If ballot is rejected, the voter is promptly notified of rejection.

The voter then has until 3 days after the election to submit voter ID in conjunction with an affidavit confirming the ballot was in fact theirs in order to cure the ballot.

Hawaii

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-106
Local election officials shall make an attempt to notify the voter by first-class mail, telephone or electronic mail to inform the voter of the procedure to correct the deficiency. The voter shall have five business days after the date of the election to cure the deficiency.

Illinois

10 ILCS 5/19-8
Voters are notified by mail of rejected ballot within two days of rejection. Voters have until 14 days after election to resolve issue with county election authority.

Indiana

IC 3-11.5-4-13.5
The county election board shall send a notice to the voter by mail to the voter’s address not later than the close of two business days after the signature mismatch determination. The board shall also send an email or call the voter by telephone if such information is available. Voters have until noon eight days after Election Day to cure a signature.

Iowa

Iowa Code § 53.18(2)
If a ballot affidavit is incomplete or absent, the commissioner must notify the voter within 24 hours. A voter may vote a replacement ballot until the day before the election or vote at the voter’s precinct polling place.

Kentucky

KRS § 117.087
Election officials shall make a reasonable effort to contact the voter and provide notice to the voter with a timeframe and manner in which the voter may cure his or her signature. Voters have until the close of polls on Election Day to cure a signature.

Massachusetts

Mass. Gen. Laws ch 54 § 94
Prior to Election Day, the voter is notified and, if sufficient time allows, sent a new ballot if an affidavit signature is absent or the ballot is rejected for other reasons. Voter can submit a new absentee ballot.

Minnesota

Minn. Stat. § 203B.121
If a ballot is rejected more than five days before Election Day a replacement ballot is mailed; if rejected within five days, election officials must contact the voter via telephone or email to provide options for voting a replacement ballot. Voter can request a replacement absentee ballot.

Montana

Mont. Code § 13-13-241; § 13-13-245
Election administrators shall notify voters of missing or mismatched signatures. Voters have until 8 p.m. on Election Day to cure their ballot.

Nevada

Nev. Rev. Stat. 293.325
Local election officials shall notify voters of missing or mismatched signatures. Voters have until the seventh day after the election to resolve the issue.

New Jersey

N.J.S.A. 19:63-17

Within 24 hours after a ballot is rejected, county board of election must issue a cure letter informing voter of the rejection. The voter may cure the deficiency by completing a cure form and returning to county board of election not later than 48 hours prior to final certification of election results.

New York

McKinney's Election Law § 9-209
Within one day of determining a ballot insufficient, election officials shall send to the voter’s address a notice explaining the reason for such rejection and the procedure to cure the rejection. The board shall also contact the voter by email or telephone if such information is available. Voters have until the seventh business day after the board’s mailing or the day before the election, whichever is later, to correct a signature.

Ohio

Ohio Rev Code § 3509.06
Notice is mailed to voters whose ballots were rejected. Voters have until the seventh day after the election to resolve issue.

Oregon

Ore. Rev. Stat. § 254.431
County clerks notify voters by mail of any signature absence or discrepancy. Voters must complete and return the certified statement accompanying the notice by the 14th day after the election for their ballot to count.

Rhode Island

RI Gen L § 17-20-26 ;        

410-RICR-20-00-23

Local board of canvassers is responsible for notifying voters by mail, email or phone. Voters have until seven days after Election Day to correct a deficiency.

Texas

V.T.C.A., Election Code § 87.0411
No later than the second business day after an early voting ballot board discovers a defect, the board shall determine if it’s possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the envelope before the polls close on Election Day. If the board determines it’s possible, the board shall return the envelope to the voter by mail. If the board determines that it would not be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the ballot by mail, the board may notify the voter by telephone or email that the voter may request to have the voter’s application to vote by mail canceled or to come to the clerk’s office in person to correct the defect. Voters have until the close of polls on Election Day to return a cure by mail. Voters have until no later than the sixth day after Election Day to correct a defect in person at the clerk’s office.

Utah

Utah Code Ann. § 20A-3-308(7)
Election officials notify voters of ballot rejection in one to two business days if rejected before Election Day; seven days if rejected on Election Day; and seven days if rejected between Election Day and the end of official canvas. Voters must sign a new affidavit statement provided by the clerk’s office and return by 5 p.m. the day before the official canvass (seven-14 days after Election Day).

Vermont

17 V.S.A. § 2546

§ 2547
Not later than the next business day after deeming a ballot defective, the clerk shall transmit a notice to the voter informing the voter that the ballot was deemed defective and rejected, stating the reason it was deemed defective, and providing the voter with information to correct the error. If the defective ballot is identified within five business days before the election, the clerk is not required to mail a notice; instead, the clerk shall make a reasonable effort to provide notice to the voter as soon as possible using any contact information in the voter checklist. Voters have until the close of polls on Election Day to cure a defective ballot.

Virginia

VA Code Ann. § 24.2-709.1
Within three days of finding a ballot incomplete or incorrect, the registrar shall notify the voter in writing or by email of the error or failure and shall provide information on how to correct the issue. Voters have until noon on the third day after the election to cure a ballot.

Washington

Wash. Admin. Code 434-261-050

Voters notified by mail of rejected ballots due to missing/mismatching signature statements. Voter must sign and return a curing statement before election certification (21 days after Election Day). Three days before certification, county auditors must attempt to contact by phone any voters with outstanding ballots to be cured.

 





Jurisdictional relevance: ST

There are versions of this article for each State.