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What to Do If You Change Your Mind About Voting by Mail
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太長了不想翻了
下面可以關鍵字搜尋各州的改法
What to Do If You Change Your Mind About Voting by Mail
Maybe you requested a mail ballot, but changed your mind and want to vote in
person. This is what you can do in every state if you’ve changed your mind
about how you want to cast your vote.
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that help you understand the upcoming election, from who’s on your ballot to
how to cast your vote.
If you’ve received a mail ballot but have changed your mind and want to vote
in person, there’s some good news: You probably can do this.
The details differ from state to state. In some, you’ll be allowed to cast a
regular ballot, and in others you’ll cast a “provisional” ballot, to be
counted once election officials determine you haven’t already voted.
You may need to bring your mail ballot to the polling place or election
office and hand it to election workers to have it voided, or destroy it
yourself, and you might be required to sign an affidavit stating that you did
not already vote by mail.
However, many election officials across the country encourage mail voters to
stick with their original voting plan. “I encourage people who have received
an absentee ballot to go ahead and vote that ballot,” said Jason Hancock,
Idaho’s deputy secretary of state. “Spoiling ballots and issuing new ones
adds to the cost and administrative burden of running an election and may
slow down the voting process for anyone behind the voter in line at the polls.
” With a week to go until Election Day, voters can still deliver mail
ballots to county or town drop-box locations.
When you arrive at the polling place or voting site, it’s possible that poll
workers may be able to consult a database to see if you returned a mail
ballot, but such systems are not in place everywhere. Be prepared to explain
your situation, and it’s a good idea to bring your mail ballot with you just
in case.
State-by-State Guide
These guidelines can change, and there can be important differences in each
county or town. Check with your local election office to confirm the
procedure in your area before showing up to vote.
If your experience differs from the advice below, let us know — and be sure
to sign up with our Electionland project to alert us if you experience any
problems at the polls.
Alabama
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
Alaska
According to the Division of Elections, “You should destroy and dispose of
your absentee ballot if you choose to vote in-person.”
Arizona
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
Arkansas
If you take your absentee ballot packet to the county clerk’s office and
have it “spoiled,” you can cast a regular ballot in person. “If they do
not have the packet, they would have to vote a provisional ballot until the
County Board of Election Commissioners can ascertain if the other ballot came
back,” said Chris Powell, press secretary for the Arkansas secretary of
state.
California
If you didn’t receive the mail ballot, don’t have it with you or election
officials cannot verify that you haven’t already returned it, you will vote
a provisional ballot.
Colorado
Coloradans have voted primarily by mail since 2013, but if you don’t have
your mail ballot, you can still vote in person.
Connecticut
As long as you haven’t already returned your mail ballot, you can vote in
person, but you should dispose of the unused mail ballot, said Gina
Atanasoff, press secretary for the secretary of state.
Delaware
According to the Department of Elections: “When you arrive at your polling
place, an election officer (poll worker) will confirm via the pollbook that
your Vote By Mail (VBM) ballot has not been returned to the Department. Your
unreturned VBM ballot will be voided, and you will be allowed to vote in
person at the polling place.”
District of Columbia
All registered voters were sent a mail ballot. According to the Board of
Elections: “You can dispose of the ballot for the 2020 General Election you
received in the mail. We will provide you a ballot at the Vote Center.” You
can also bring your ballot with you and have poll workers dispose of it.
Florida
If you have the mail ballot, bring it with you to the polls. Poll workers
will cancel it and direct you to cast a regular ballot. If you do not have
the mail ballot, they will check if the elections office has received it
before allowing you to vote. If they cannot confirm if you returned the mail
ballot, but you have not already voted, you can still cast a provisional
ballot.
Georgia
According to the secretary of state: “If you do not receive your absentee
ballot after submitting your application, contact your county registrar to
assess your options. If there is not enough time to receive a new absentee
ballot, or if for any reason you cannot have another sent to you, you may
vote in person. If you attempt to vote in person because you never received a
requested absentee ballot, you will have to sign a document attesting that
you are only voting once. If you request and return an absentee ballot, you
cannot change your mind and vote in person. Once you return your absentee
ballot, you have voted.”
Hawaii
All active registered voters were mailed ballots, but if you prefer to vote
in person, you may do so at any voter service center in your county.
Idaho
If time permits, bring your mail ballot to the county clerk’s office before
Election Day to have it spoiled, Deputy Secretary of State Jason Hancock
said. Otherwise, bring it to the polls to have it spoiled by a poll worker,
who will give you a new ballot to vote in person.
Illinois
According to the Board of Elections: “If you have already received your mail
ballot, take it with you to an early voting site or your polling place on
Election Day and surrender it to an election judge. Your mail ballot will be
voided, and you will receive a regular ballot. If you have not yet received
your mail ballot, you will be asked to sign an affidavit certifying you have
not received your ballot. You will then be issued a regular ballot. If you
received your mail ballot but lost it, you may sign an affidavit certifying
you have not yet voted in this election. You will then be issued a
provisional ballot.”
Indiana
If you have the mail ballot, surrender it to a poll worker to vote a regular
ballot. If you never received the mail ballot, sign an affidavit at your
polling location to vote a regular ballot. If you sent in your completed mail
ballot but it was rejected, go to the county election board before 5 p.m. on
Election Day to request an ABS-21 form and then go to your polling place to
vote, according to the Election Division.
Iowa
According to the secretary of state, “If you have not returned your absentee
ballot on Election Day, you have the following options: Deliver your voted
absentee ballot to the county auditor’s office before the polls close on
election day, surrender your voted absentee ballot at the polls and vote a
regular ballot, or vote a provisional ballot at the polls if you cannot
surrender your voted absentee ballot.”
Kansas
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
Kentucky
You can vote in person if you did not receive your mail ballot by Oct. 28.
According to the Emergency Administrative Regulation issued for the Nov. 3
elections, “If a voter has requested, but not received their absentee ballot
by October 28, 2020, the voter may appear at a county polling location to
vote in person.” Your application for an absentee ballot will be canceled in
the system, and you’ll sign an oath before voting.
Louisiana
According to the secretary of state: “You can vote in person during early
voting or on Election Day as long as you have not returned your absentee
ballot to the registrar of voters. Simply destroy your absentee ballot after
you have voted in person during early voting or on election day.”
Maine
You may vote in person if you have not already returned your mail ballot,
whether or not you surrender the ballot at the poll site. According to the
Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions: “When you vote by
absentee ballot in the State of Maine, your municipal clerk will take receipt
of the ballot and verify that it can be accepted. Once they do so, they will
mark your name in the voter system as ‘AV’ for ‘absentee voter.’ Thus,
when they print out the incoming voter list just before Election Day, your
name will already be ‘checked off’ with the indicator marking that you have
already voted via absentee ballot, and you will not be eligible to receive a
ballot if you show up to vote in person. On Election Day, some voters are
still dropping off their absentee ballots and the town office is still
receiving some by mail. Absentee ballots are processed in batches throughout
the day and the list of those newly received absentee ballots is shared with
each polling place for each batch, so if the absentee voter tries to vote in
person, they will not be able to do so. (And conversely, if they vote in
person before their ballot arrives that day, their absentee ballot will be
rejected).”
Maryland
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
Massachusetts
According to the secretary of the commonwealth: “You can vote in person as
long as you haven’t already voted by mail. If you choose not to return your
mail-in ballot, you can vote in person on Election Day or during early
voting. You can also vote in person if you mail your ballot and it does not
reach your election office by Election Day or if your mail-in ballot is
rejected for any reason.”
Michigan
Bring your mail ballot to your precinct polling location on Election Day to “
surrender” it for a new in-person ballot. If your ballot was lost or
destroyed, you can sign a statement to that effect and vote at your precinct
polling location.
Minnesota
According to the secretary of state: “As long as your absentee ballot hasn’
t been counted by your election officials, you may still cast a ballot in
person by voting in your polling place on Election Day or at your local early
voting location. You can track the status of your absentee ballot to see when
it is sent to you and when it is received by election officials. After voting
in person, the unique ballot ID number on your original absentee ballot will
be invalidated, so that if it is returned to the election office the
officials will not count it. If you plan on voting in person, please do not
bring your absentee ballot with you. Your election official will provide you
with a new ballot to complete that day.”
Mississippi
You should expect to cast an affidavit ballot.
Missouri
Contact your local election authority.
Montana
Most counties are holding this election primarily by mail, with ballots sent
to all active registered voters; others are holding a polling-place election,
with the option to request an absentee ballot. For guidance on how to vote in
person in a mail-election county or if you requested an absentee ballot in a
polling-place election county, contact your county elections office.
Nebraska
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
Nevada
All active registered voters were mailed a ballot. “Voters who choose not to
vote by mail are welcome to vote in person by surrendering their mail ballot
or signing an affidavit saying they will not/have not voted their mail ballot,
” said Jennifer Russell, public information officer for the Nevada secretary
of state.
New Hampshire
You may vote a regular ballot at the polls as long as you have not already
returned your voted mail ballot. Destroy the unused mail ballot.
New Jersey
New Jersey is conducting this election primarily by mail for the first time.
If you prefer to vote in person, you may go to your polling location on
Election Day and cast a provisional ballot.
New Mexico
You may vote in person at your polling place after signing an affidavit
stating that you did not and will not vote your mail ballot. If your absentee
ballot didn’t arrive, you can also pick up a replacement absentee ballot at
your polling place on Election Day.
New York
You may vote in person during early voting or on Election Day.
North Carolina
According to the State Board of Elections: “You may still vote in person as
long as you did not return your absentee ballot. Your absentee ballot will be
spoiled after you vote in person. You may simply discard your absentee ballot
— there is no need to bring it with you to a polling place.”
North Dakota
To vote in person, bring your unused mail ballot to the poll where it will be
voided by an election worker. If you don’t have it with you, you can still
vote in person as long as you did not already submit the voted mail ballot.
Ohio
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
Oklahoma
Destroy your absentee ballot and accompanying materials. Before voting at the
polling place or early voting site, you will sign an affidavit stating you
did not vote the mail ballot you requested.
Oregon
“We have been entirely vote by mail for over 20 years,” said Andrea
Chiapella, legislative and communications director for the Oregon secretary
of state. “We don’t have polls, but I could go to my county election office
and vote my ballot using a privacy booth if I wanted to.”
Pennsylvania
According to the Pennsylvania Department of State: “If you did not return
your mail-in or absentee ballot and you want to vote in person, you have two
options: Bring your ballot and the pre-addressed outer return envelope to
your polling place to be voided. After you surrender your ballot and envelope
and sign a declaration, you can then vote a regular ballot. If you don’t
surrender your ballot and return envelope, you can only vote by provisional
ballot at your polling place. Your county board of elections will then verify
that you did not vote by mail before counting your provisional ballot.”
Rhode Island
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot.
South Carolina
According to the South Carolina Election Commission, “You must first return
the unvoted absentee ballot to the county voter registration office or
extension office before voting in person.”
South Dakota
Voters “are directed to not vote the ballot they received in the mail and
may go visit their county auditor up until November 2nd or vote at their
polling location on Election Day,” said Rachel Soulek, public information
specialist for the South Dakota secretary of state’s office. “They do not
need to bring the ballot with them. They should destroy the ballot.”
Tennessee
You should expect to cast a provisional ballot. “If a person submits a
request for a by-mail ballot, the person should have voted and returned that
ballot by-mail by Election Day,” said Julia Bruck, director of
communications for the Tennessee secretary of state. “However, if there is
an issue with someone not receiving their ballot in time to cast the by-mail
ballot, there is a safe harbor for voters. The person can vote a provisional
ballot. The provisional ballot will only be counted if the by-mail ballot has
not been received or not been counted.”
Texas
You can bring your mail ballot to the poll or early voting site, surrender it
and then vote a regular ballot. If you do not have the mail ballot when you
come to the polls, you can cast a provisional ballot.
Utah
All active registered voters were automatically mailed ballots. According to
the Utah Elections Office: “If you receive a mail ballot but prefer to vote
in person, please bring your mail ballot to the polling place to ‘surrender’
it when you vote. While this is not required, it helps your local elections
officials process ballots more efficiently.”
Vermont
According to the Elections Division, if you decide to vote in person “you
should bring your ballot with you. However, if you do not, you will be
allowed to vote if you fill out an affidavit affirming you have not voted
already.”
Virginia
According to the Department of Elections: “If you have requested or received
an absentee by mail ballot but would rather vote in person, please bring your
unopened ballot with you when you go to vote. If you have lost or did not
receive your ballot, you may either vote early in person at your registrar’s
office or cast a provisional ballot at your polling place on Election Day.”
Washington
Washington conducts all elections by mail, but you can still vote in person
at your nearest voting center.
West Virginia
If you bring your mail ballot to the polls and have it spoiled, you can vote
a regular ballot. If you do not return the mail ballot, you must cast a
provisional ballot.
Wisconsin
“Voters who’ve received an absentee ballot will have a watermark on their
name in the poll book indicating an absentee ballot has been issued,
prompting poll workers to ask them if they’ve already returned their
absentee ballot. As long as the answer is no, the voter can vote. If the
voter has already returned her ballot, that will also be noted on the poll
book, and the poll workers will not issue a new ballot,” said Reid Magney,
public information officer for the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Wyoming
“Ideally, the voter would return their absentee ballot at the time they
presented themselves to the polling place,” said Monique Meese,
communications and policy director for the Wyoming secretary of state’s
office. “However, if they do not bring their absentee ballot, they will be
provided a provisional ballot and permitted to vote. Prior to counting that
provisional ballot, a clerk would ensure that the absentee ballot had not
been returned. Essentially, the first ballot received into the system is the
ballot that is counted and requesting an absentee ballot does not preclude
you from changing your mind and voting in person.”
4.附註、心得、想法︰
這種現象真的就是美國民主制度自然生成的象徵
由上而下構建的秩序基本上不會那麼多采多姿
真的很好奇一般美國人對它們的選舉制度的看法