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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.
Some Ohio voters say they're having to cast provisional ballots on Election Day. What is a provisional ballot? Here's what you need to know.
If there's a question about your eligibility to vote, you might have to cast a provisional ballot.
An October 2008 voter registration rally held on behalf of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. A voter registration drive is an effort undertaken by a government authority, political party or other entity to register to vote persons otherwise entitled to vote. In many jurisdictions, the functions ...
What is a provisional ballot? A variety of issues could prompt a voter to be handed a provisional ballot. "And you can ask, 'What do I need to do to get a regular ballot, to get my ballot counted ...
HAVA requires voters identified as ineligible (such as voters not found on the registered list), but who believe themselves to be eligible, to be able to cast a provisional ballot. After the election, the appropriate State or local election entity will determine if the voter was eligible, if so counting the vote and notify the voter of the outcome.
Sign an affidavit and vote a provisional ballot; if the information on the affidavit matches official voter registration records, the ballot will be counted after Election Day.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.