Make Your Vote Count

With COVID-19 impacting the way we vote across the United States it is of the utmost importance that we make sure our ballots arrive safely and are counted. So how can we do that? By tracking out ballots.

First and foremost, if you have not yet voted and are planning by voting by mail, do not mail in your ballot, drop it off in a drop box. Second, before dropping off your ballot make sure that your envelope is SIGNED and that your signature matches the one that you put on your voter registration pamphlet. The two most common reasons why ballots are not counted is 1) failure to sign, and 2) mismatched signatures.

Here's a list of each state's deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot, as well as which states offer ballot tracking and where to sign up:

Alabama: Oct. 29 (Track your ballot here)

Alaska: Oct. 24 (Track your ballot here)

Arizona: Oct. 23 (Track your ballot here)

Arkansas: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)

California: No request needed — all registered voters will be mailed ballots (Track your ballot here)

Colorado: No request needed —all registered voters will be mailed ballots (Track your ballot here)

Connecticut: Nov. 2 (No ballot tracking available)

Delaware: Oct. 30 (Track your ballot here)

District of Columbia: No request needed — ballots are automatically mailed to active voters (Track your ballot here)

Florida: Nov. 3 (Track your ballot here)

Georgia: Oct. 30 (Track your ballot here)

Hawaii: No request needed — ballots automatically sent to all voters (Track your ballot here)

Idaho: Nov. 3 (Track your ballot here)

Illinois: Nov. 2 (No ballot tracking available)

Indiana: Oct.22 (Track your ballot here)

Iowa: Oct. 24 (Track your ballot here)

Kansas: Oct. 27 (Track your ballot here)

Kentucky: Oct. 9 (Track your ballot here)

Louisiana: (Track your ballot here)

Maine: Oct. 29 (Track your ballot here)

Maryland: Oct. 20 (Track your ballot here)

Massachusetts: Oct. 28 (Track your ballot here)

Michigan: Oct. 30 (Track your ballot here)

Minnesota: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)

Mississippi: Oct. 31 (No ballot tracking available)

Missouri: Oct. 21 (No ballot tracking available)

Montana: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)

Nebraska: Oct.23 (Track your ballot here)

Nevada: No request needed — ballots are automatically sent to active voters (Track your ballot here)

New Hampshire: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)

New Jersey: No request needed — ballots are automatically mailed to all active voters who register by Oct. 5 (Track your ballot here)

New Mexico: Oct. 20 (Track your ballot here)

New York: Oct. 27 (Track your ballot here)

North Carolina: Oct. 27 (Track your ballot here)

North Dakota: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)

Ohio: Oct. 31 (Track your ballot here)

Oklahoma: Oct. 27 (Track your ballot here)

Oregon: No request needed — ballots automatically sent to all voters (Track your ballot here)

Pennsylvania: Oct. 27 (Track your ballot here)

Rhode Island: Oct. 13 (Track your ballot here)

South Carolina: Oct. 30 (Track your ballot here)

South Dakota: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)

Tennessee: Oct. 27 (Track your ballot here)

Texas: Oct. 23 (No ballot tracking available)

Utah: No request needed — ballots automatically sent to all voters (Track your ballot here)

Vermont: No request needed — ballots automatically sent to all voters (Track your ballot here)

Virginia: Oct. 23 (Track your ballot here)

Washington: No request needed — ballots automatically sent to all voters (Track your ballot here)

West Virginia: Oct. 28 (Track your ballot here)

Wisconsin: Oct. 29 (Track your ballot here)

Wyoming: Nov. 2 (Track your ballot here)