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A Californian voter fills out a provisional ballot form while voting in the 2004 United States presidential election. In elections in the United States, a provisional ballot (called an affidavit ballot in New York) is used to record a vote when there are questions about a given voter's eligibility that must be resolved before the vote can count.
A sample ballot is a document sent to registered voters to help them prepare for an election. A sample ballot usually provides the voter's polling place and hours, and contains an image of what the actual ballot looks like, including candidates, questions, and instructions for voting.
Ballots for the November election have races for president, statehouse, local offices and ballot questions. Do voters have to vote in every race?
Voting signage for New York City primary elections in Manhattan, New York on June 22, 2021. ... Voters who applied for an absentee but decide to vote in person must complete an affidavit ballot if ...
Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed ballots to protect the secrecy of the votes. The voter casts their ballot in a box at a polling station.
One sort-of new wrinkle in 2024: any voter can request a mail-in ballot to cast during early-voting periods. Ballot applications can be submitted online or at a county board of elections.
In some states, ballots may offer a straight-ticket voting option, sometimes known as a master lever or group voting ticket, that allows voters to check a box and vote for all of a party's candidates, instead of voting for each race individually.
Ink can also transfer on to different parts of the page when the ballot paper is folded, potentially leading to a vote being rejected if the voter appears to have picked multiple candidates.