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Taxonomy: Provisional Ballots

Voters who come to their polling place to vote and find that they are not on the voter's list have the right to vote using a provisional ballot. Provisional ballots are ballots cast by voters who believe they are registered to vote even though their names are not on the official voter registration list at the polling place, or who generally vote by mail but who instead want to vote at their polling place or a vote center but they did not receive their ballot or do not have their ballot with them (with the elections official unable to verify that they have not returned their vote-by-mail ballot). Provisional ballots are counted after elections officials have confirmed that the individual is registered to vote in that county and did not already vote in that election. Voters who cast a provisional ballot have the right to find out from their county elections official if their ballot was counted, and if not, the reason why it was not counted.

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