I just went to the Minnesota Secretary of State Website

[MineralMan]

I checked on my absentee ballot, which I mailed about a week ago. Here is the message on the website:

You have applied for a ballot for the August 11, 2020 State Primary and the November 3, 2020 State General Election.

August 11, 2020, State Primary:
Your ballot was accepted on July 27, 2020 and will be counted.

I don't know about every state, but it's easy to check on your absentee ballot in Minnesota. See what your state has available to check whether your ballot has been received. It's important to do that before election day, so you can go to your polling place and vote if the ballot was not received.

[still_one]

1. Same as in California. In addition, in California after you vote by mail, you can check on the

status of your vote

Unfortunately not every state wants to make it that easy

[MineralMan]

3. Yes. That's how it should be everywhere.

Now I know that my ballot is in the hopper to be counted on August 11, so i can relax and know I have voted, as surely as if I went to my polling place.

[still_one]

5. +++

[jimfields33]

16. Florida does this as well

Of course, we’re a huge vote by mail state for a long time.

[still_one]

18. Excellent

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Believe it or not, Georgia has this:

https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do

[MineralMan]

4. Good! Every state should have such a place to check status.

[Siwsan]

6. Michigan also has a way to verify receipt of a mailed in ballot, on line

Which might make me change my mind about voting in person, in November. I am going that route, next week. My polling place is really close, the precincts are set up in a huge room, I get there at about 10 and I've rarely had more than 4 or 5 people ahead of me, in line. However, the lines just might be long, for the General Election.

[MineralMan]

7. Given the COVID-19 Pandemic,

I will vote as soon as I possibly can in the general election here in Minnesota. I want to make sure that my vote happens. Life's uncertain, these days. That's why I voted early in the Primary, too.

[Siwsan]

8. Good idea, that's for sure

Right now things aren't too bad in my part of the county, but who knows what will happen by November.

I admit I'll miss that satisfaction of sliding my ballot into that scanner, seeing it counted, and then picking up my 'I Voted' sticker.

[obamanut2012]

9. same in florida

[CrispyQ]

10. Besides in-person voting we have mail-in-voting for all elections in Colorado.

In my county, you can sign up for text alerts letting you know when the Election Division has mailed out your ballot and then again when they receive your ballot back. We also have special drop-off ballot boxes at all the Clerk and Recorder's offices and at places like the library, too. And I see they've implemented special procedures due to Covid, for in-person voting.

Anyone who truly believes in representative government would never vote for a candidate/party who/that wants to make voting more difficult for the People.

[iscooterliberally]

11. I checked mine in Florida and it was received.

You have to go to your county supervisor of elections to find it though. Thanks for the heads up!

[Lochloosa]

12. Florida's Here

https://www.voterfocus.com/VoterInformationLookup/voterSearch?county=FL-DUV

Mine was accepted 7/17.

[LiberalBrooke]

13. Minnesota has an awesome Secretary of State, Steve Simon.

Of course he is a Democrat. (DFL Party in Minnesota)

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Same here in Nevada.

[Thekaspervote]

15. You can hand deliver your mail in ballot to the ballot box. No lines, no waiting

[bluestarone]

17. THIS is the BEST way

To make sure we ALL get our votes counted!!! WE need EVERY VOTE! EVERYONE please vote early!! Be SMART, Check out your states regulations, do everything the way it should be done!

[Sugarcoated]

19. Same here in Pennsylvania

[TheBlackAdder]

20. My NJ county sends a confirmation card with an 'I have Voted by Mail' peel-off sticker attached.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Apply sticker to plastic that can be pinned to clothing so it doesn't wear out from every day use.nt

[dflprincess]

21. This is the link to the MN Secretary of State's ballot tracker

https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/AbsenteeBallotStatus.aspx

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Excellent. That is how it is done. Vote early! tRump is sabotaging the Post Office! . . . nt

[TNNurse]

24. Ours is at the local election committee in Blount County TN

and we get the message it has been received as well.

[Wounded Bear]

25. Similar here in WA, but mine actually said "counted" too...

They've never leaked the results early, so I don't see why states can't 'pre-count' the mail in ballots instead of waiting for election day to count them. Of course, Repubs don't learn from other people's mistakes, it seems they have to make them all themselves.

[Thunderbeast]

26. In Oregon, (Multnomah County) I RECEIVED an email

verifying that my ballot had been validated.

It read:

Your ballot for the May 2020 Primary Election has been accepted and will be counted. Get your special Oregon "I Voted" virtual sticker here.

If you have any questions call 503-988-VOTE (503-988-8683).


Visit www.mcelections.org for more election information.

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No excuse (other than outright partisan voter suppression) for not having Unversal Vote by Mail.