Recalling Your Vote

For John, BLUF:  If you decide you don't like your early (Mail In) Vote, in at least seven states you can reverse what you think of as a mistake.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Clawing back votes: 7 states allow voters to resubmit ballots

Here is the sub-headline:

New Hampshire allows people to vote again in person on Election Day if they wish to change their absentee votes

From Fox News, by Reporter Audrey Conklin, 16 October 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

Seven states allow voters to resubmit mail-in ballots after they have already sent them in to be counted, according to 37 out of 50 state election officials who responded to inquires from Fox News.

The laws allow residents in seven states who have already voted for select candidates by mail to change their minds, usually within a specific time frame after the first ballot has been cast. In some states, voters can resubmit ballots several times.

• In Arkansas, voters can resubmit absentee ballots up to two times.
• Connecticut voters may withdraw previously submitted absentee ballots from their town clerks until 5 p.m. on the Friday before Election Day.
• Voters in Delaware can contact their county elections office if they wish to make a change to their submitted absentee ballots.
• In Michigan, voters wishing to change their mail-in ballots must submit written requests to their city or town clerks.
• In Minnesota, voters can change their absentee votes as long as they do so at least 14 days prior to Election Day.
• Wisconsin voters can resubmit mail-in ballots if they do so on time.
• The process is a bit trickier in New Hampshire, where those who voted by mail can vote again if they show up to a polling place within the first hour it's open or before their absentee ballots are processed.

In the meantime, in Massachusetts, you can track the status of your Mail In Ballot on the Commonwealth Secretary of State Website, HERE.  I checked and my ballot has been "Acceptted".  When a Mail In Ballot arrives at the City's Election Office the White Envelope is opened and the Election Worker checks for a correct signature.  If not it is put aside.  A letter is sent out to the voter, and it is annotated on the website above.

Check your Mail In Ballot status.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff