If you voted with a mail-in or absentee ballot, many states have tools available for voters to check the status of their ballot. To see if your state does, you can check out our State Ballot Tracking Chart. If your state offers ballot tracking you'll see a ✔︎ next to it, which we've hyperlinked to take you directly to your state's ballot tracking service.
If you voted in person, in some states your ballot status will show up in the “Voter History” section of your state's voter information portal as soon as your county completes the post-election process of assigning voter history to your record. You can find your voter information portal by using our Am I Registered service.
If you cannot confirm your ballot status online, please reach out to your election official for confirmation that your vote was counted. To contact your local election official, go to the Election Official Directory, choose your state and voting region, and click "submit." On the following page click on the tab labeled "Election Official Contact Details" for contact information.
Finalizing election results can take days in some states and weeks in others, depending on turnout, the closeness of a race, and the rules for when election workers can begin processing mail and absentee ballots. All ballots received by the deadline must be included in the certified election count.