# Anyone in New Jersey see their 2020 Ballot status change from Received to Counted? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020 "2020-10-27T11:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/1 "2020-10-27T11:58:00Z")
I’m not sure if NJ DOS: New Jersey Division of Elections will be updating the Ballot Status field or not. I know they started counting the ballots on Saturday. I’m hoping that when checked they’ll update the Mail-In Ballot history for 11/03/2020 to either Counted or Rejected. If anyone knows more on this, please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/2 "2020-10-27T18:08:44Z")
Mine was received on September 28th. You have to wait until November 20th to get a status change. > **PLEASE BE ADVISED:** A voter’s ballot status won’t be changed to “Accepted” or “Rejected” until after the certification of the Election, on November 20th. > **[NJ 2020 Voter Information Portal](https://nj.gov/state/elections/vote-track-my-ballot.shtml)** > > NJ Voter information about the November 3, 2020 General Election. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/3 "2020-10-27T18:10:34Z")
Thanks for that. Sadly that means if our ballots are rejected, it is too late. Not the best system. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/4 "2020-11-21T12:17:29Z")
@What_Exit I just checked the status. Mine is Accepted. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/5 "2020-11-21T13:33:44Z")
Mine still says: **Ballot status** Received. Sad ☹ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/6 "2020-11-26T21:54:06Z")
Finally my Ballot status went to **Accepted**! I do not like this system at all. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/7 "2020-11-27T19:07:18Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I do not like this system at all. After this year, I’m really not fond of a lot of the voting process in the different states, plus the electoral college, etc. But this was, at least, relatively painless. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-new-jersey-see-their-2020-ballot-status-change-from-received-to-counted/924020/8 "2020-11-27T19:46:47Z")
True, it was painless, but if we weren’t accepted we would have been effectively disenfranchised by the method. The ballots are a good idea, I think it can be improved dramatically including tallying as it goes.